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English
Alternative spellings
colour (UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand)
Pronunciation
AHD|/kÅl'É�r/
IPA|/�k�l�/
SAMPA|"kVl@
audio|en-us-color.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�l�(r)|-�l�(r)
Etymology
From Old French coulour, from Latin color. See usage note below.
Noun
en-noun US
- The spectral composition of visible light.
#: Humans and birds can perceive color.
- A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
#: Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red, and green.
- Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and greys).
#: He referred to the white flag as one "drained of all color".
- Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
#: Color has been a sensitive issue in many societies.
- figuratively interest, especially in a selective area.
#: a bit of local color.
- 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 analyists.
#: Could you give me some color with regards to which products made up the mix of revenue for this quarter?
- physics A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons.
color-colour (noun)
Adjective
en-adj|- US
- Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
#: Color television and movies were considered a great improvement over black and white.
Translations
trans-top|conveying color
Danish: farve-
French: en couleur
Hebrew: צ×�×¢×�× ×� (tziv'ony) m, צ×�×¢×�× ×�ת (tziv'onyt) f
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Japanese: ��� (�iro no)
Mandarin: 彩� (c�isè)
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Verb
en-verb US
- To give something color.
#: We could color the walls red.
- To draw within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.
#: My kindergartener loves to color.
- context|of a face To become red through increased blood flow.
- To affect without completely changing.
#: That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book.
- To attribute a quality to.
#: (colloquial) Color me confused.
color-colour (verb)
Usage notes
The late Anglo-French colour, which is the standard UK spelling, has been the usual spelling in Britain since the 14th century and was chosen by w:Samuel Johnson|Dr. Johnson's w:A Dictionary of the English Language|Dictionary of the English Language (1755) along with other Anglo-French spellings such as favour, honour, etc. The Latin spelling color was occasionally used from the 15th century onward, mainly due to Latin influence; it was lemmatized by w:Noah Webster|Webster's w:Webster's Dictionary|American Dictionary of the English Language (1828), along with favor, honor, etc., and is currently the standard U.S. spelling.
In Canada, colour is preferred, but color is not unknown; in Australia, -our endings are the standard, although -or endings had some currency in the past and are still sporadically found in some regions.
References
The Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989), s.v. colour, color, n.<sup>1</sup>
Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961; repr. 2002), p. 24a.
Pam Peters, The Cambridge Guide to English Usage (2004), pp. 397-398.
Related terms
:See Appendix:Colors|Appendix:Colors
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colors
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off-color
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Italian
Noun
color m inv
- apocopic form of|colore|lang=Italian
Latin
Noun
la-noun|color|coloris|coloris|m|third
- color
Spanish
Noun
es-noun-m|pl=colores
- color, hue
- rouge (cosmetics)
- pretext, motive, reason
- character
- side, party, faction
- race, ethnicity
- (poker) flush
Related terms
colorado
colorar
colorear
colorir
descolorar
incoloro
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