COLOR

I. noun Usage: often attributive see: hell Date: 13th century 1. a phenomenon of light (as red, brown, pink, or gray) or visual perception that enables one to differentiate otherwise identical objects, b. the aspect of the appearance of objects and light sources that may be described in terms of hue, lightness, and saturation for objects and hue, brightness, and saturation for light sources , a ~ other than and as contrasted with black, white, or gray, 2. an outward often deceptive show ; appearance , a legal claim to or appearance of a right, authority, or office, a pretense offered as justification ; pretext , an appearance of authenticity ; plausibility , complexion tint:, the tint characteristic of good health, blush , 4. vividness or variety of effects of language, local ~ , 5. an identifying badge, pennant, or flag, ~ed clothing distinguishing one as a member of a particular group or representative of a particular person or thing, 6. position as to a question or course of action ; stand , character , nature , 7. the use or combination of ~s, two or more hues employed in a medium of presentation , 8. plural a naval or nautical salute to a flag being hoisted or lowered, armed forces , vitality , interest , something used to give ~ ; pigment , the quality of timbre in music , skin pigmentation especially other than white characteristic of race , a small particle of gold in a gold miner's pan after washing, analysis of game action or strategy, statistics and background information on participants, and often anecdotes provided by a sportscaster to give variety and interest to the broadcast of a game or contest , a hypothetical property of quarks that differentiates each type into three forms having a distinct role in binding quarks together, II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to give ~ to, to change the ~ of (as by dyeing, staining, or painting), to change as if by dyeing or painting: as, misrepresent , distort , gloss , excuse , influence , characterize , label , intransitive verb to take on ~, ~er noun