n.
Function: transitive verb
Date: 14th century
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 color ed 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 \ ' k ə -l ə r- ə r \ noun