color

Any material used for its color.

“she used a different color for the trim”

An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading.

“the situation soon took on a different color”

The timbre of a musical sound.

“the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music”

A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect.

“a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light”

(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction.

“each flavor of quarks comes in three colors”

The appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation.

Interest and variety and intensity.

“the Puritan Period was lacking in color”

Affect as in thought or feeling.

“My personal feelings color my judgment in this case”

Add color to.

“The child colored the drawings”

“Fall colored the trees”

Decorate with colors.

“color the walls with paint in warm tones”

Give a deceptive explanation or excuse for.

“color a lie”

Change color, often in an undesired manner.

“The shirts discolored”

Modify or bias.

“His political ideas color his lectures”

Having or capable of producing colors.

“color film”

“he rented a color television”