colour - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

Synonyms

• color
• colour

More generic

• appearance
• visual aspect

Noun

an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

Synonyms

• color
• colour
• gloss
• semblance

More generic

• appearance
• visual aspect

More specific

• camouflage
• color of law
• colour of law
• disguise
• face value
• guise
• pretence
• pretense
• pretext
• simulacrum
• verisimilitude

Noun

a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

Synonyms

• color
• coloring
• colour
• colouring

More generic

• visual property

More specific

• achromatic color
• achromatic colour
• chromatic color
• chromatic colour
• coloration
• colouration
• complexion
• dithered color
• dithered colour
• heather
• heather mixture
• mottle
• nonsolid color
• nonsolid colour
• primary color
• primary colour
• shade
• skin color
• skin colour
• spectral color
• spectral colour
• tincture
• tint
• tone

Noun

the timbre of a musical sound

Synonyms

• color
• coloration
• colour
• colouration

More generic

• quality
• timber
• timbre
• tone

Noun

interest and variety and intensity

Synonyms

• color
• colour
• vividness

More generic

• interest
• interestingness

Noun

(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction

Synonyms

• color
• colour

More generic

• form
• kind
• sort
• variety

Noun

any material used for its color

Synonyms

• color
• coloring material
• colour
• colouring material

More generic

• material
• stuff

More specific

• dye
• dyestuff
• hematochrome
• indicator
• mordant
• paint
• pigment
• stain
• tincture

Verb

change color, often in an undesired manner

Synonyms

• color
• colour
• discolor
• discolour

More generic

• change

More specific

• black
• blacken
• blanch
• blench
• blue
• blush
• bronze
• burn
• crimson
• dye
• flush
• gray
• green
• grey
• melanise
• melanize
• pale
• purple
• redden
• silver
• sunburn
• tan
• tone
• turn
• white
• whiten
• yellow

Verb

add color to

Synonyms

• color
• color in
• colorise
• colorize
• colour
• colour in
• colourise
• colourize

More generic

• alter
• change
• modify

More specific

• aurify
• azure
• blackwash
• blotch
• brown
• embrown
• empurple
• gray
• grey
• handcolor
• handcolour
• hue
• imbue
• incarnadine
• motley
• mottle
• parti-color
• pigment
• pinkify
• polychrome
• polychromise
• polychromize
• purple
• purpurate
• redden
• retouch
• silver
• streak
• tinct
• tinge
• tint
• tone
• touch
• verdigris

Verb

affect as in thought or feeling

Synonyms

• color
• colour
• distort
• tinge

More generic

• affect
• bear on
• bear upon
• impact
• touch
• touch on

Verb

give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

Synonyms

• color
• colour
• gloss

More generic

• apologise
• apologize
• excuse
• rationalise
• rationalize

Verb

decorate with colors

Synonyms

• color
• colour
• emblazon

More generic

• adorn
• beautify
• decorate
• embellish
• grace
• ornament

More specific

• miniate

Verb

modify or bias

Synonyms

• color
• colour

More generic

• act upon
• influence
• work

Adjective

having or capable of producing colors

Synonyms

• color
• colour

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