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the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person''s perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures" decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones" gloss or excuse; "color a lie" add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" having or capable of producing colors; "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations" a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks) (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color" the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music" a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light" affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life" an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color" any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim" change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored" |
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