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colornoun a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguisheda shirt that is available in every color of the rainbow cast, hue, shade, tincture, tinge, tint, tone overtone, undertoneprimary color, secondary color, tertiary colorbrightness, chroma, chromaticity, contrast, lightness, saturation, valuecoloration, coloring, colorway, pigmentation achromatism a substance used to color other materialsadded some red color to the base paint colorant, coloring, dye, dyestuff, pigment, stain tint, tonercast, hue, shade, tinge the hue or appearance of the skin and especially of the faceher color hasn't been good since she got sick coloring, complexion shade, tint, tonefeatures, lineaments, lookscountenance, face, visage colors pl.a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signalingflew their country's colors atop the highest mast on the ship banderole(or banderol), banner, ensign, flag, guidon, jack, pendant(also pendent, chiefly British), pennant, pennon, standard, streamer bunting, gonfalonblack flag, Jolly Roger, tricolor, union jack, white flagburgee, semaphore, signaler(or signaller), waftbadge, coat of arms, crest, insignia a rosy appearance (of the cheeks)the stay in the country brought color to her cheeks bloom, blush, flush brightness, brilliance, glowpinkness, reddishness, redness, rosiness, ruddiness, sanguineness paleness, pallidness, pallor, pastiness, wanness, whitenessgreenishness, greenness, sallowness colors pl.the combined army, air force, and navy of a nationshe hopes to carry on the family tradition and serve with the colors armed forces, military, service, troops GIs(or GI's), men-at-arms, rank and file, servicemen, servicewomen, soldiers, soldieryforcemilitia, reservesarmor, defensegendarmerie(or gendarmery) civilians, noncombatants colors pl.the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from otherswe saw his true colors during the emergency character, clay, complexion, constitution, genius, nature, personality, self, tone distinctiveness, distinctness, individuality, singularity, uniquenessattribute, characteristic, earmark, essentiality, feature, flavor, hallmark, mark, point, property, savor(also savour), stamp, traitdisposition, grain, sort, temper, temperamentcomposition, makeupessence, essentiality, interior, interiority, soul, spiritmetal, stuff, substancehabit, way to give color or a different color toper the couple's request, the baker used natural ingredients like beet juice and tumeric to color the icing for the wedding cake bepaint(archaic), dye, paint, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tint brighten, lightendarken, embrown, tone (down)checker, dapple, daub, fleck, marble, mottle, pattern, polychrome, speck, speckle, streak, striate, stripe, variegate decolorize blanch, bleach, whiten to add to the interest of by including made-up detailshe gave a highly colored version of a rather mundane experience elaborate (on), embellish, embroider, exaggerate, hyperbolize, magnify, pad, stretch dress up, gussy upamplify, enhance, enlarge (on or upon), expand, flesh (out)fudge, hedgeoverdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overplay, overstateemphasize, play up, stresscaricaturesatirize belittle, minimize, play down, understate to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning ofhis news reporting is colored by his prejudices bend, cook, distort, falsify, fudge, garble, misinterpret, misrelate, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, slant, twist, warp misdescribe, misspeak, mistranslatebelie, camouflage, disguise, dissemble, gloss (over), mask, veil, whitewashbowdlerize, censorcomplicate, confound, confuse, mistake, mix (up)mystify, obscureequivocate, fib, lie, palter, prevaricate clarify, clear (up), explain, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, spell outdecipher to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)she colored after hearing the nasty remarks about her weight bloom, blush, crimson, flush, glow, redden incarnadine, rouge, ruddleabash, chagrin, discomfit, disconcert, embarrass, faze, humiliate, mortify turn color in the 14th century |