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    [Noun]  | "col*or" | \ ˈkə-lər \


    1: a phenomenon of light (such as red, brown, pink, or gray) or visual perception that enables one to differentiate otherwise identical objects

    2: the aspect of the appearance of objects and light sources that may be described in terms of hue, lightness, and saturation for objects and hue, brightness, and saturation for light sources; also : a specific combination of hue, saturation, and lightness or brightness

    3: a color other than and as contrasted with black, white, or gray

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English colour, borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin color, earlier colōs "color as a physical phenomenon, pigment, complexion, appearance," probably, assuming an original meaning "covering, outermost layer, appearance," going back to *ḱel-ōs, collective derivative from an Indo-European s-stem *ḱel-os "covering" (whence perhaps Sanskrit śaras- "skin on boiled milk, cream" and, from a thematic derivative, Old High German hulisa "hull of a legume"), derivative of a verbal base *ḱel- "cover, conceal" {mat|conceal|conceal};

    [Noun]  | "earth color" 


    1: earth tone

    Origin: 1931 ;

    [Noun]  | "false color" 


    1: color in an image (such as a photograph) of an object that does not actually appear in the object but is used to enhance, contrast, or distinguish details

    Origin: 1968 ;

    [Noun]  | "local color" 


    1: the presentation of the features and peculiarities of a particular locality and its inhabitants in writing

    Origin: 1829 ;

    [Noun]  | "oil color" 


    1: a pigment used for oil paint

    2: oil paint

    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Noun]  | "poster color" 


    1: an opaque watercolor paint with a gum- or glue-size binder sold usually in jars —called also poster paint

    Origin: 1925 ;

    [Verb]  | "color" 


    1: to give color to

    2: to change the color of (as by dyeing, staining, or painting)

    3: to change as if by dyeing or painting: such as

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English colouren, borrowed from Anglo-French colurer, going back to Latin colōrāre, derivative of color {see: |color:1|color:1};

    [Idiom]  | "show one's true colors" 


    1: to show what one is really like : to reveal one's real nature or character

    [Adjective]  | "fly*ing" | \ ˈflī-iŋ \


    1: moving or capable of moving in the air

    2: moving or made by moving rapidly

    3: very brief

    Origin: before 12th century ;

    [Adjective]  | "par*ti-col*or" | \ ˈpär-tē-ˌkə-lər \


    1: showing different colors or tints; especially : having a predominant color broken by patches of one or more other colors

    Origin: 1530 ;

     Obsolete English party parti-color, from Middle English parti, from Anglo-French, of two colors, from past participle of partir to divide;

    [Noun]  | "colors" 


    1: a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling;


      * e.g., " ... flew their country's colors atop the highest mast on the ship "



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    2: the combined army, air force, and navy of a nation;


      * e.g., " ... she hopes to carry on the family tradition and serve with the colors "



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    3: the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others;


      * e.g., " ... we saw his true colors during the emergency "



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    [Noun]  | "color" 


    1: a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished;


      * e.g., " ... a shirt that is available in every color of the rainbow "



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    2: a substance used to color other materials;


      * e.g., " ... added some red color to the base paint "



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    3: the hue or appearance of the skin and especially of the face;


      * e.g., " ... her color hasn't been good since she got sick "



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    [Noun]  | "primary colors" 


    1: as in secondary colors, tertiary colors;



    [Noun]  | "secondary colors" 


    1: as in primary colors, tertiary colors;



    [Noun]  | "tertiary colors" 


    1: as in primary colors, secondary colors;



    [Verb]  | "colors" 


    1: to give color or a different color to;


      * e.g., " ... per the couple's request, the baker used natural ingredients like beet juice and turmeric to color the icing for the wedding cake "




    2: to add to the interest of by including made-up details;


      * e.g., " ... he gave a highly colored version of a rather mundane experience "



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    3: to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of;


      * e.g., " ... his news reporting is colored by his prejudices "



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    [Verb]  | "color" 


    1: to give color or a different color to;


      * e.g., " ... per the couple's request, the baker used natural ingredients like beet juice and turmeric to color the icing for the wedding cake "




    2: to add to the interest of by including made-up details;


      * e.g., " ... he gave a highly colored version of a rather mundane experience "



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    3: to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of;


      * e.g., " ... his news reporting is colored by his prejudices "



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    [Adjective]  | "flying" 


    1: acting or done with excessive or careless speed;


      * e.g., " ... a flying attempt at finishing the work "




    2: moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed;


      * e.g., " ... that car was flying as it careened down the streets "



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     [ "colors" ]

    1: *Clothes.

      * e.g.,  ... "Man get some colors CJ!" 

     [ "colors" ]

    2: *Symbol color, as in a color representing a group or a side.

     [ "colors" ]

    1: Clothing of a specific color and/or style, identifying person's association with a particular gang. Basically, gangster version of an armed forces uniform.

      * e.g.,  ... Wassup homie, why ain't you wearing colors today? 

     [ "colors" ]

    1:  In a military ceremony, the American flag and other flags of honor carried with it by the color guard.

      * e.g.,  ...  At today's military ceremony, the colors were the American flag and the Navy flag. 

     [ "colors" ]

    1: Motorcycling organization terminology that denotes both all patches pertaining to the insignia of the club itself and also the vest or sleeveless jacket the insignia is attached to.

      * e.g.,  ... Wearing colors can either cause you to be treated like a celebrity or like you are second-class. 

     [ "colors" ]

    1: wearing of clothing indicating membership in a biker organization

      * e.g.,  ... Sign on country bar reads: 

     [ "colors" ]

    1: a color

      * e.g.,  ... yellow, blue, red, green, black, brown, etc... 

     [ "colors" ]

    1: It is either a thong or a g-string (worn by either sex).

      * e.g.,  ... Nicholle opened her panty drawer and it was filled with colors. 

     [ "colors" ]

    1: what you'll see in the toilet instead of brown when you eat crayons.

      * e.g.,  ... duuuuuuuuuude how stoned was I? COOL! PURPLE! I'm gonna taste it! Tastes like skittles! 

     [ "Colorism" ]

    1: The discrimination of African Americans by Skin tone in their own community, usually subconsciously done, as most Blacks dont realize they're doing it until some dumb rapper or famous person makes a stupid untrue statement about darker toned women. Perpetuated during slavery and by the media which seems to suggest lighter skin females to be of a higher stance than darker ones. Perpetuated by rappers who often show more lighter skinned women in videos and hardly any darker ones. Perpetuated by some Black men who treat lighter skinned females in a higher regard than darker toned ones. An untrue Inplication that darker skin girls cannot be as fine as lighter ones. Bullshit.

      * e.g.,  ... Example of statements made for colorism (rapper) "She gotta be a thick lightskinned redbone...long hair..." "Dang you cute... for a dark skinned girl." "Lightskinned girls just way finer! I dont want no dark girl!" 

     [ "colorism" ]

    1: Racism within members of the same race. For instance, light-skinned African Americans looking down on and discriminating against darker-skinned African Americans.

      * e.g.,  ... Colorism is just as harmful as racism perpetrated by whites on blacks. 

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