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"
interest and variety and intensity;"the Puritan Period was lacking in color" "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"
the timbre of a musical sound;"the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading;"he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity" "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction" "the situation soon took on a different color"
any material used for its color;"she used a different color for the trim"
(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
Adjective:
having or capable of producing colors;"color film" "he rented a color television" "marvelous color illustrations"
Verb:
add color to;"The child colored the drawings" "Fall colored the trees" "colorize black and white film"
affect as in thought or feeling;"My personal feelings color my judgment in this case" "The sadness tinged his life"
modify or bias;"His political ideas color his lectures"
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"
中英词源
color 颜色
来自PIE*kel, 隐藏，遮盖，词源同cell, hole.后词义由遮盖引申为颜色，色彩。
color (n.)
early 13c., "skin color, complexion," from Old French color "color, complexion, appearance" (Modern French couleur), from Latin color "color of the skin; color in general, hue; appearance," from Old Latin colos, originally "a covering" (akin to celare "to hide, conceal"), from PIE root *kel- (2) "to cover, conceal" (see cell).
For sense evolution, compare Sanskrit varnah "covering, color," related to vrnoti "covers," and also see chroma. Meaning "visible color, color of something" is attested in English from c. 1300. As "color as a property of things," from late 14c. Old English words for "color" were hiw ("hue"), bleo.
color (v.)
late 14c.; see color (n.); earliest use is figurative. Related: Colored; coloring.
