| Color |
n. |
A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc. |
| Color |
n. |
Any hue distinguished from white or black. |
| Color |
n. |
The hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion. |
| Color |
n. |
That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors. |
| Color |
n. |
That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance. |
| Color |
n. |
Shade or variety of character; kind; species. |
| Color |
n. |
A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey). |
| Color |
n. |
An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court. |
| Color |
v. t. |
To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain. |
| Color |
v. t. |
To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices. |
| Color |
v. t. |
To hide. |
| Color |
v. i. |
To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush. |
| Color sergeant |
|
See under Sergeant. |
| Color-blind |
a. |
Affected with color blindness. See Color blindness, under Color, n. |
| Colorable |
a. |
Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice. |
| Colorado |
a. |
Reddish;
often used in proper names of rivers or creeks. |
| Colorado |
a. |
Medium in color and strength;
said of cigars. |
| Colorado beetle |
|
A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant;
called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle. |
| Colorado group |
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A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region. |
| Coloradoite |
n. |
Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado. |
| Colorate |
a. |
Colored. |
| Coloration |
n. |
The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored. |
| Colorature |
n. |
Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, or rapid passages. |
| Colored |
imp. & p. p. |
of Color |
| Colored |
a. |
Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained. |
| Colored |
a. |
Specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description. |
| Colored |
a. |
Of some other color than black or white. |
| Colored |
a. |
Of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people. |
| Colored |
a. |
Of some other color than green. |
| Colorific |
a. |
Capable of communicating color or tint to other bodies. |
| Colorimeter |
n. |
An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid. |
| Colorimetry |
n. |
The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance. |
| Colorimetry |
n. |
A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid. |
| Coloring |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Color |
| Coloring |
n. |
The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color. |
| Coloring |
n. |
Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation. |
| Colorist |
n. |
One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance. |
| Colorless |
a. |
Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water. |
| Colorless |
a. |
Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style; definitions should be colorless. |
| Colorman |
n. |
A vender of paints, etc. |
| Colormen |
pl. |
of Colorman |
