n. 25B6; noun
the lights changed colour : HUE, shade, tint, tone, coloration. See list.
oil colour : PAINT, pigment, colourant, dye, stain, tint, wash.
the colour in her cheeks : REDNESS, pinkness, rosiness, ruddiness, blush, flush, bloom.
people of every colour : SKIN COLOURING, skin tone, colouring; race, ethnic group.
anecdotes add colour to the text : VIVIDNESS, life, liveliness, vitality, excitement, interest, richness, zest, spice, piquancy, impact, force; informal oomph, pizzazz, punch, kick; poetic/literary salt.
the colours of the Oxford City club : STRIP, kit, uniform, costume, livery, regalia.
the regimental colours. : See flag 1 noun .
chromatic.
25B6; verb
the wood was coloured blue : TINT, dye, stain, paint, pigment, wash.
she coloured up : BLUSH, redden, go pink, go red, flush.
the experience coloured her outlook : INFLUENCE, affect, taint, warp, skew, distort, bias, prejudice.
they colour evidence to make a story saleable : EXAGGERATE, overstate, embroider, embellish, dramatize, enhance, varnish; falsify, misreport, manipulate.
Colours
See also dye , horse , rainbow . lily white
almond lime green
almond green Lincoln green
amaranth liver
amber lovat green
amethyst magenta
apple green magnolia
apricot mahogany
aqua maroon
aquamarine mauve
ash blonde mazarine blue
aubergine midnight blue
auburn mocha
avocado mouse
azure mulberry
baby blue mushroom
baby pink mustard
bay nankeen
beige navy blue
biscuit Nile blue
bisque Nile green
bistre nut-brown
black nutmeg
blonde oatmeal
blue ochre
bottle green off-white
brindle/brindled old gold
bronze old rose
brown olive
buff opal
burgundy orange
burnt ochre oxblood
burnt sienna Oxford blue
burnt umber oyster pink
buttermilk oyster white
butternut palomino
cadmium yellow pansy
café au lait paprika
Cambridge blue parchment
camel peach
canary yellow peach-bloom
candy-apple red peacock blue
caramel pea green
cardinal red pearl
carmine periwinkle
carnation perse
carnelian petrol blue
carrot pewter
celadon pine green
cerise pink
cerulean pistachio
champagne platinum
charcoal plum
chartreuse poppy
cherry powder blue
chestnut primrose
chocolate puce
cinnabar purple
cinnamon putty
citron raspberry
clair-de-lune raven
claret red
cobalt blue robin's-egg blue
cocoa rose
coffee royal blue
Copenhagen blue royal purple
copper ruby
coral russet
cornflower blue rust
cream sable
crimson saffron
cyan salmon
cyclamen sand
daffodil sanguine
damask sapphire
damson saxe blue
dove scarlet
drab sea green
duck-egg blue seal brown
dun sepia
eau de Nil shell pink
ebony sienna
ecru silver
eggshell sky blue
electric blue slate
emerald snow-white
fallow sorrel
fawn spice
flame steel blue
flesh steel grey
fuchsia stone
gamboge straw
gentian strawberry
ginger strawberry blonde
gold tan
green tangerine
grenadine tawny
grey teak
gunmetal teal
hazel tea rose
heather terracotta
heliotrope Titian
henna topaz
honey tortoiseshell
ice blue Turkey red
incarnadine turquoise
indigo Tyrian purple
iris ultramarine
iron grey umber
ivory Venetian red
jade verditer
jasmine vermilion
jet violet
khaki viridian
kingfisher blue walnut
lapis lazuli Wedgwood blue
lavender white
leaf green wine
lemon yellow
lilac