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Another word for color

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Noun

  1. The property by which the sense of vision can distinguish between objects, as a red apple and a green apple, that are very similar or identical in form and size

      1. A sound of distinct pitch, quality, and duration; a note.
      2. The interval of a major second in the diatonic scale; a whole step.
      3. A recitational melody in a Gregorian chant.
      1. A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation.
      2. A gradation of a color made by adding white to it to lessen its saturation.
      3. A barely detectable amount or degree; a trace.
      1. Light diminished in intensity as a result of the interception of the rays; partial darkness.
      2. Cover or shelter provided by interception by an object of the sun or its rays:
      3. The part of a picture or photograph depicting darkness or shadow.
      1. The property of colors by which they can be perceived as ranging from red through yellow, green, and blue, as determined by the dominant wavelength of the light.
      2. A particular gradation of color; a shade or tint.
      3. Color:
    See also:

    colors

  2. Something that imparts color

    See also:

    colors

  3. Skin tone, especially of the face

    See also:

    colors

  4. A fresh rosy complexion

      1. To shine brightly and steadily, especially without a flame:
      2. To have a bright, warm, usually reddish color:
      3. To flush; blush.
      1. To turn red, as from fever, embarrassment, or strong emotion; blush.
      2. To glow, especially with a reddish color:
      3. To flow suddenly and abundantly, as from containment; flood.
      1. To become red in the face, especially from modesty, embarrassment, or shame; flush.
      2. To become red or rosy.
      3. To feel embarrassed or ashamed:
      1. The flower of a plant.
      2. Something resembling the flower of a plant:
      3. The condition of being in flower:
    See also:

    better

  5. Fabric used especially as a symbol.

      1. A long narrow flag, banner, or pennant.
      2. A long narrow strip of material used for ornament or decoration.
      3. A fishing fly that imitates a baitfish.
      1. Serving as or conforming to an established or accepted measurement or value:
      2. Widely recognized or employed as a model of authority or excellence:
      3. Acceptable but of less than top quality:
      1. A long narrow banner or streamer borne upon a lance.
      2. A pennant, banner, or flag.
      3. A pinion; a wing.
      1. A long, tapering, usually triangular flag, used on ships for signaling or identification.
      2. A flag or an emblem similar in shape to a ship's pennant.
      3. A flag that symbolizes the championship of a league, especially a professional baseball league.
      1. An inspiring standard or symbol.
      2. The red or orange-red flag of the Abbey of Saint Denis in France, used as a standard by the early kings of France.
      1. A man; a fellow.
      2. One who does odd or heavy jobs; a laborer.
      3. One who works in a specified manual trade. Often used in combination:
      1. A piece of cloth, usually rectangular, of distinctive color and design, used as a symbol, standard, signal, or emblem.
      2. National or other allegiance, as symbolized by a flag:
      3. A ship carrying the flag of an admiral; a flagship.
      1. A national flag displayed on ships and aircraft, often with the special insignia of a branch or unit of the armed forces.
      2. A standard or banner, as of a military unit.
      3. A commissioned rank in the US Navy or Coast Guard that is below lieutenant junior grade.
      1. A piece of cloth attached to a staff and used as a standard by a monarch, military commander, or knight.
      2. The flag of a nation, state, or army.
      3. A piece of cloth bearing a motto or legend, as of a club.
    See also:

    substitute

  6. A deceptive outward appearance

    See also:

    show

  7. Appearance of truth or authenticity

    See also:

    likely

Verb

  1. To impart color to

      1. A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation.
      2. A gradation of a color made by adding white to it to lessen its saturation.
      3. A barely detectable amount or degree; a trace.
      1. A coloring or dyeing substance; a pigment.
      2. An imparted color; a tint.
      3. A quality that colors, pervades, or distinguishes.
      1. To discolor, soil, or spot:
      2. To bring into disrepute; taint or tarnish:
      3. To change the color of (a piece of wood, for example) by applying a stain.
      1. A substance used to color materials.
      2. A color imparted by dyeing.
      3. To color (a material), especially by soaking in a coloring solution.
    See also:

    colors

  2. To immerse in a coloring solution

      1. A substance used to color materials.
      2. A color imparted by dyeing.
      3. To color (a material), especially by soaking in a coloring solution.
      1. To plunge briefly into a liquid, as in order to wet, coat, or saturate.
      2. To color or dye by immersing:
      3. To immerse (a sheep or other animal) in a disinfectant solution.
    See also:

    enter

    colors

  3. To become red in the face

    See also:

    express

  4. To give an inaccurate view of by representing falsely or misleadingly

      1. To obtain or remove by pulling with twisting movements:
      2. To take possession of forcefully; seize or usurp:
      3. To gain or extract with persistent effort; wring:
      1. Any of various hand or power tools, often having fixed or adjustable jaws, used for gripping, turning, or twisting objects such as nuts, bolts, or pipes, typically at an angle perpendicular to the object's axis.
      2. A sudden, forcible twist, turn, or pull:
      3. An injury produced by twisting or straining:
      1. To turn or twist (wood, for example) out of shape; deform.
      2. To alter from a normal, proper, or healthy state; twist or pervert:
      3. To arrange strands of yarn or thread lengthwise onto (a loom) in preparation for weaving.
      1. To wind together (two or more threads, for example) so as to produce a single strand.
      2. To form in this manner:
      3. To wind or coil (vines or rope, for example) about something.
      1. To cause to turn away from what is right, proper, or good; debase:
      2. To corrupt (someone) morally.
      3. To interpret incorrectly; misconstrue or distort:
      1. To state wrongly or falsely.
      1. To give an incorrect or misleading representation of.
      2. To serve incorrectly or dishonestly as an official representative of.
      1. A weight or mass that is supported:
      2. The overall force to which a structure is subjected in supporting a weight or mass or in resisting externally applied forces.
      3. Something that is carried, as by a vehicle, person, or animal:
      1. To state untruthfully; misrepresent.
      2. To make false by altering or adding to:
      3. To counterfeit; forge:
      1. To twist out of a proper or natural relation of parts; misshape:
      2. To cause to deviate from what is normal, reasonable, or accurate:
      3. To cause distortion in (a signal or waveform, for example).
      1. To give a false representation to; misrepresent:
      2. To show to be false; contradict:
    Idioms:
    See also:

    true

  5. To give a deceptively attractive appearance to

      1. A mixture of lime and water, often with whiting, size, or glue added, that is used to whiten walls, fences, or other structures.
      2. Concealment or palliation of flaws or failures.
      3. A defeat in a game in which the loser scores no points.
      1. A thin surface layer, as of finely grained wood, glued to a base of inferior material.
      2. Any of the thin layers glued together to make plywood.
      3. A decorative facing, as of brick.
      1. A liquid that contains a solvent and an oxidizing or evaporating binder and is applied to a surface to produce a hard, transparent finish after evaporation and curing.
      2. The smooth coating or gloss resulting from the application of this liquid:
      3. Something suggestive of or resembling varnish.
      1. To cause to seem more appealing or pleasant:
      2. To coat with sugar:
      1. To minimize or underplay; gloss:
      2. To use flattery or cajolery.
      1. A surface shininess or luster.
      2. A kind of paint that dries to a shiny finish.
      3. A cosmetic that adds shine or luster, such as lip gloss.
      1. To cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold.
      2. To give an often deceptively attractive or improved appearance to.
      3. To smear with blood.
    Idioms:
    See also:

    true

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for color

Noun

  1. The quality of reflected light

      1. A coloring or dyeing substance; a pigment.
      2. An imparted color; a tint.
      3. A quality that colors, pervades, or distinguishes.
      1. To cleanse, using water or other liquid, usually with soap, detergent, or bleach, by immersing, dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing:
      2. To soak, rinse out, and remove (dirt or stain) with water or other liquid:
      3. To make moist or wet; drench:
      1. To become red in the face, especially from modesty, embarrassment, or shame; flush.
      2. To become red or rosy.
      3. To feel embarrassed or ashamed:
      1. To shine brightly and steadily, especially without a flame:
      2. To have a bright, warm, usually reddish color:
      3. To flush; blush.
      1. To throw (something, especially something light):
      2. To throw with force; hurl:
      3. To throw or propel a lure or bait at the end of (a fishing line) into the water so as to catch fish or other aquatic life.
      1. The natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, especially of the face.
      2. General character, aspect, or appearance:
      3. A viewpoint, inclination, or attitude:
      1. The art, manner, or process of applying color.
      2. A substance used to color something.
      3. Appearance with regard to color.
      1. Coloration of tissues by pigment.
      2. Deposition of pigment by cells.
      1. The act of discoloring.
      2. The condition of being discolored.
      3. A discolored spot, smudge, or area; a stain.
      1. Arrangement of colors.
      2. The sum of the beliefs or principles of a person, group, or institution.
      1. A disorder in which there is an abnormally high number of red blood cells in the bloodstream as a result of their having been prematurely released from the bone marrow during blood formation.
      1. Exceptionally great concentration, power, or force.
      2. The amount or degree of strength of electricity, light, heat, or sound per unit area or volume.
      3. The strength of a color, especially the degree to which it lacks its complementary color.
      1. The quality or state of being iridescent.
      1. An amount, as of goods, services, or money, considered to be a fair and suitable equivalent for something else; a fair price or return.
      2. Monetary or material worth:
      3. Worth in usefulness or importance to the possessor; utility or merit:
      1. An underlying or implied tendency or meaning; an undercurrent.
      2. A tone of low pitch or volume, especially of spoken sound.
      3. A pale or subdued color.
      1. The aspect of color that includes consideration of its dominant wavelength and purity.
      1. The condition or quality of being luminous.
      2. Something luminous.
      3. The ratio of luminous flux at a specific wavelength to the radiant flux at the same wavelength.
      1. A color or tint.
      2. Colored lightly or faintly; tinged.
      1. The aspect of color in the Munsell color system by which a sample appears to differ from a gray of the same lightness or brightness and that corresponds to saturation of the perceived color.
      1. A substance used as coloring.
      2. Dry coloring matter, usually an insoluble powder, to be mixed with water, oil, or another base to produce paint and similar products.
      3. A substance, such as chlorophyll or melanin, that produces a characteristic color in plant or animal tissue.
      1. A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation.
      2. A gradation of a color made by adding white to it to lessen its saturation.
      3. A barely detectable amount or degree; a trace.
      1. To apply a trace of color to; tint.
      2. To affect slightly, as with a contrasting quality:
      3. A small amount of a color incorporated or added.
      1. Light diminished in intensity as a result of the interception of the rays; partial darkness.
      2. Cover or shelter provided by interception by an object of the sun or its rays:
      3. The part of a picture or photograph depicting darkness or shadow.
      1. A sound of distinct pitch, quality, and duration; a note.
      2. The interval of a major second in the diatonic scale; a whole step.
      3. A recitational melody in a Gregorian chant.
      1. The property of colors by which they can be perceived as ranging from red through yellow, green, and blue, as determined by the dominant wavelength of the light.
      2. A particular gradation of color; a shade or tint.
      3. Color:
    See also:

    yellow

    tan

    red

    purple

    pink

    orange

    green

    gray

    gold

    brown

    blue

    black

    tint

    Antonyms:

  2. Vividness

    Antonyms:

  3. Semblance or pretense

    See also:

    pretense

    disguise

    appearance

Verb

  1. To impart color to