Color | Mean of color in English Dictionary

/ˈkʌlɚ/

• Noun
• a quality such as red, blue, green, yellow, etc., that you see when you look at something
1. The color of blood is red.
2. What color are your eyes?
3. What color paint shall we use?
4. Blue and green are my favorite colors.
5. The pillows are all different colors.
6. The room needs more color.
7. In early summer the garden is full of color.
8. She added color to her outfit with a bright scarf.
9. The leaves are starting to change color. [=turn from green to orange, yellow, red, etc.]
10. His eyes were bluish-green in color.
11. She used red peppers in the salad for color. [=to make it more colorful]
• something used to give color to something
1. She's using a new lip/nail color.
2. The color bled when I washed the shirt.
3. a brand of hair color
• the use or combination of colors
1. a painter who is a master of color

• the color of a person's skin as a mark of race
1. discrimination on the basis of sex or color
2. The book is about her experience as a woman of color in a mostly white community.
• a pink or red tone in a person's face especially because of good health, excitement, or embarrassment
1. His color is not good. [=he looks ill]
2. She has some good color in her cheeks.
3. He could feel the color rising in his cheeks. [=he could feel himself blushing]
4. The color drained from her face. [=the blood left her face; she became very pale]
• something (such as a flag) that shows that someone or something belongs to a specific group
1. The ship sails under Swedish colors.
• interest or excitement
1. Her comments added color to the broadcast. [=made the broadcast more enjoyable or entertaining]
• to show what you are really like
1. He seemed nice at first, but he showed his true colors during the crisis.
• Verb
• to give color to (something)
1. We colored the water with red ink.
2. Does she color [=dye] her hair?
• to draw with crayons, markers, colored pencils, etc.
1. The children were busy coloring in their coloring books.
2. My nephew colored a picture for me.
3. The child colored the sky blue and the sun yellow.
• to change (someone's ideas, opinion, attitude, etc.) in some way
1. He never lets rumors color [=influence, affect] his opinion of anyone.
2. Her judgment was colored by reports of the student's behavioral problems.
3. His feelings about divorce are colored by his own experience as a child.
• to become red in the face especially because of embarrassment
1. She colors [=blushes] easily.
2. She colored at the mention of his name.
• to add color to (a shape or picture) by using markers, crayons, colored pencils etc.
1. She colored in the picture.