COLOR

Color

Color or colour is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, blue, yellow, green and others. Color derives from the spectrum of light interacting in the eye with the spectral sensitivities of the light receptors. Color categories and physical specifications of color are also associated with objects, materials, light sources, etc., based on their physical properties such as light absorption, reflection, or emission spectra. By defining a color space, colors can be identified numerically by their coordinates.

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color

Noun


  1. The spectral composition of visible light
    Humans and birds can perceive color.
  2. A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class; blee.
    Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red, and green.
  3. Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
    He referred to the white flag as one "drained of all color".
  4. Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
    Color has been a sensitive issue in many societies.
  5. Interest, especially in a selective area.
    a bit of local color
  6. Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert. Contrast with metal.
  7. A standard or banner.
    The loss of their colors destroyed the regiment's morale.
  8. The system of color television.
    This film is broadcast in color.
  9. An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
    ''He was awarded colors for his football.
  10. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing quarterly results when an officer of a company is speaking to investment analysts.
    Could you give me some color with regards to which products made up the mix of revenue for this quarter?
  11. A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons.
  12. The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
  13. Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
  14. A front or facade: an ostensible truth actually false.
  15. An appearance of right or authority.
    Under color of law, he managed to bilk taxpayers of millions of dollars.
  16. Skin color noted as: normal, jaundice, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.

Verb


  1. To give something color.
    We could color the walls red.
  2. To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.
    My kindergartener loves to color.
  3. To become red through increased blood flow.
    ''Her face colored as she realised her mistake.
  4. To affect without completely changing.
    That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book.
  5. To attribute a quality to.
    Colour me confused.
  6. To assign colors to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two adjacent ones have the same color.
    Can this graph be two-colored?
    You can color any map with four colors.

Adjective


  1. Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
    Color television and movies were considered a great improvement over black and white.


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