color

²color

verb

Definition of COLOR

transitive verb

1

a : to give color to b : to change the color of (as by dyeing, staining, or painting)

2

: to change as if by dyeing or painting: as a : misrepresent, distort b : gloss, excuse <color a lie> c : influence <the lives of most of us have been colored by politics — Christine Weston>

3

: characterize, label <call it progress; color it inevitable with shades of job security — C. E. Price>

intransitive verb

: to take on color; specifically : blush

— col·or·er \ˈkə-lər-ər\ noun

Examples of COLOR

1. We colored the water with red ink.
2. The children were busy coloring in their coloring books.
3. My nephew colored a picture for me.
4. The child colored the sky blue and the sun yellow.

First Known Use of COLOR

14th century

Related to COLOR

Synonyms: bepaint [archaic], dye, paint, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tint

Antonyms: decolorize

Related Words: brighten, lighten; darken, embrown, tone (down); checker, dapple, daub, fleck, marble, mottle, pattern, polychrome, speck, speckle, streak, striate, stripe, variegate

Near Antonyms: blanch, bleach, whiten

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Rhymes with COLOR

culler, huller, sculler