COLOUR

colour

Noun



    

  1. The spectral composition of visible light.
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  2. A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class; blee.
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  3. Hue as opposed to achromatic colours (black, white and greys).
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  4. Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
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  5. Interest, especially in a selective area.
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  6. Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert. Contrast with metal.
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  7. A standard or banner.
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  8. The system of colour television.
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  9. An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
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  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.
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  11. A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons.
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  12. The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
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  13. Any of the coloured balls excluding the reds.
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  14. A front or façade: an ostensible truth actually false.
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  15. An appearance of right or authority.
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  16. Skin colour noted as: normal, jaundice, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.
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Verb





    

  1. To give something colour.
    

    We could colour the walls red.
    

    

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  2. To apply colours to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using coloured markers or crayons.
    

    My kindergartener loves to colour.
    

    

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  3. To become red through increased blood flow.
    

    ''Her face coloured as she realised her mistake.
    

    

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  4. To affect without completely changing.
    

    That interpretation certainly colours my perception of the book.
    

    

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  5. To attribute a quality to.
    

    Colour me confused.
    

    

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  6. To assign colours to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two adjacent ones have the same colour.
    

    Can this graph be two-coloured?
    

    You can colour any map with four colours.
    

    

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Adjective





    

  1. Conveying colour, as opposed to shades of grey.
    

    Colour television and films were considered a great improvement over black and white.
    

    

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