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col·our  (klr)

n. & v. Chiefly British

Variant of color.

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colour US, color [ˈkʌlə]

n

1. (Physics / General Physics)

a.  an attribute of things that results from the light they reflect, transmit, or emit in so far as this light causes a visual sensation that depends on its wavelengths

b.  the aspect of visual perception by which an observer recognizes this attribute

c.  the quality of the light producing this aspect of visual perception

d.  (as modifier) colour vision

2. (Physics / General Physics) Also called chromatic colour

a.  a colour, such as red or green, that possesses hue, as opposed to achromatic colours such as white or black

b.  (as modifier) a colour television a colour film Compare black-and-white [2]

3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) a substance, such as a dye, pigment, or paint, that imparts colour to something

4. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology)

a.  the skin complexion of a person, esp as determined by his race

b.  (as modifier) colour prejudice colour problem

5. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) the use of all the hues in painting as distinct from composition, form, and light and shade

6. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the quantity and quality of ink used in a printing process

7. (Music, other) the distinctive tone of a musical sound; timbre

8. vividness, authenticity, or individuality period colour

9. semblance or pretext (esp in the phrases take on a different colour, under colour of)

10. (Mining & Quarrying) US a precious mineral particle, esp gold, found in auriferous gravel

11. (Physics / General Physics) Physics one of three characteristics of quarks, designated red, blue, or green, but having no relationship with the physical sensation

vb

1. to give or apply colour to (something)

2. (tr) to give a convincing or plausible appearance to (something, esp to that which is spoken or recounted) to colour an alibi

3. (tr) to influence or distort (something, esp a report or opinion) anger coloured her judgment

4. (intr; often foll by up) to become red in the face, esp when embarrassed or annoyed

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (intr) (esp of ripening fruit) to change hue See also colours

[from Old French colour from Latin color tint, hue]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	colour - any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim" coloring material, colouring material, color paint, pigment - a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably" material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" indicator - (chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction mordant - a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process dye, dyestuff - a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair tincture - a substances that colors metals hematochrome - a reddish coloring material found in some algae pigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) pigment - any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color stain - (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible
	2.	colour - a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks) people of color, people of colour, color race - people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings" person of color, person of colour - (formal) any non-European non-white person
	3.	colour - (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors" color kind, sort, form, variety - a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" high energy physics, high-energy physics, particle physics - the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions
	4.	colour - interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness" vividness, color interestingness, interest - the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.); "they said nothing of great interest"; "primary colors can add interest to a room"
	5.	colour - the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music" coloration, colouration, color timbre, tone, quality, timber - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
	6.	colour - 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" color, coloring, colouring visual property - an attribute of vision primary color, primary colour - any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing heather mixture, heather - interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color mottle - an irregular arrangement of patches of color; "it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green" tint, shade, tincture, tone - a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hue achromatic color, achromatic colour - a color lacking hue; white or grey or black coloration, colouration - appearance with regard to color; "her healthy coloration" complexion, skin color, skin colour - the coloring of a person's face dithered color, dithered colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour - a color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color
	7.	colour - 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" semblance, gloss, color appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing color of law, colour of law - a mere semblance of legal right; something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law; "the plaintiff claimed that under color of law the officer had deprived him of his civil rights" simulacrum - an insubstantial or vague semblance face value - the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth guise, pretence, pretext, pretense - an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them" camouflage, disguise - an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories" verisimilitude - the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
	8.	colour - the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation color appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
Verb	1.	colour - modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures" color act upon, influence, work - have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"
	2.	colour - decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones" emblazon, color adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" miniate - paint with red lead or vermilion
	3.	colour - give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie" gloss, color apologise, rationalize, apologize, rationalise, justify, excuse - defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
	4.	colour - affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life" tinge, color, distort affect, bear upon, impact, bear on, touch on, touch - have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"
	5.	colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" blackwash - color with blackwash parti-color, motley - make motley; color with different colors polychrome, polychromise, polychromize - color with many colors; make polychrome azure - color azure; "Morning azured the village" empurple, purpurate, purple - color purple aurify - turn golden verdigris - color verdigris pinkify - make pink incarnadine - make flesh-colored brown, embrown - make brown in color; "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard" handcolor, handcolour - color by hand; "Some old photographs are handcolored" tinct, tint, tinge, touch - color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November" pigment - color or dye with a pigment; "pigment a photograph" hue, imbue - suffuse with color retouch - give retouches to (hair); "retouch the roots" silver - make silver in color; "Her worries had silvered her hair" gray, grey - make grey; "The painter decided to grey the sky" tone - change to a color image; "tone a photographic image" redden - make red; "The setting sun reddened the sky" blotch, mottle, streak - mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
	6.	colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored" discolour, discolor, color blush, crimson, flush, redden - turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" blanch, blench, pale - turn pale, as if in fear bronze, tan - get a tan, from wind or sun sunburn, burn - get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" white, whiten - turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry" black, blacken, nigrify, melanise, melanize - make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened" turn - change color; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early" silver - turn silver; "The man's hair silvered very attractively" dye - color with dye; "Please dye these shoes" redden - turn red or redder; "The sky reddened" purple - become purple gray, grey - turn grey; "Her hair began to grey" yellow - turn yellow; "The pages of the book began to yellow" tone - change the color or tone of; "tone a negative" green - turn or become green; "The trees are greening" blue - turn blue
Adj.	1.	colour - having or capable of producing colors; "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations" color photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs

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colour U.S. color

noun

1. hue, tone, shade, tint, tinge, tincture, colourway The badges come in twenty different colours and shapes.

2. paint, stain, dye, tint, pigment, tincture, coloration, colourwash, colorant the latest range of lip and eye colours

3. skin colour, race, complexion, ethnicity, pigmentation His colour and ethnic origins are not the issue here.

4. rosiness, glow, bloom, flush, blush, brilliance, redness, vividness, ruddiness There was a touch of colour in her cheeks.

5. liveliness, life, interest, excitement, animation, zest The ceremony brought a touch of colour to the normally drab proceedings.

plural noun

1. flag, standard, banner, emblem, ensign Troops raised the country's colours in a special ceremony.

2. kit, strip, uniform, regalia I was wearing the team's colours.

3. nature, quality, character, aspect, personality, stamp, traits, temperament After we were married, he showed his true colours.

verb

1. tint, stain, dye Saffron can be used to colour the rice yellow.

2. blush, flush, crimson, redden, go crimson, burn, go as red as a beetroot He couldn't help noticing that she coloured slightly.

3. influence, affect, prejudice, distort, pervert, taint, slant The attitude of parents colours the way their children behave.

4. exaggerate, disguise, embroider, misrepresent, falsify, gloss over, airbrush He wrote a highly coloured account of his childhood.

Related words
fear chromophobia

see shades from black to white, shades of blue, shades of brown, shades of green, shades of orange, shades of purple, shades of red, shades of yellow

Translations

colour color (US) [ˈkʌləʳ]

A. N

1. (= shade) → color m
what colour is it? → ¿de qué color es?
they come in different colours → los hay de varios colores
to change colour → cambiar or mudar de color
it was green in colour → era de color verde
as time goes by my memories take on a different colour (fig) → con el paso de los años mis recuerdos van tomando otro color
let's see the colour of your money! (hum) → ¡a ver la pasta!

2. (= colourfulness) → color m
splashes of colour → salpicones fpl or notas fpl de color
what this room needs is a touch of colour → lo que este cuarto necesita es un toque de color
in colour (TV, Cine) → en color

3. (= dye, paint, pigment) → color m
the latest lip and eye colours → los últimos colores para labios y ojos

4. (= complexion) → color m
the colour drained from his face → palideció → se le fue el color de la cara
the colour rose to her face → se le subieron los colores
to put the colour back in sb's cheeks → devolverle el color or los colores a algn
to be off colour → estar indispuesto

5. (= race) → color m
people of colour (US) → personas fpl de color

6. colours [of country, team] → colores mpl; (= flag) → bandera f (Mil) → estandarte m
the Hungarian national colours → los colores húngaros; (= flag) → la bandera húngara
to salute the colours → saludar a la bandera
the battalion's colours → el estandarte del batallón
he was wearing the team's colours → vestía los colores del equipo
with flying colours she passed her exams with flying colours → aprobó los exámenes con unas notas excelentes
he has come out of all the tests with flying colours → ha salido airoso de todas las pruebas
to nail one's colours to the mast he nailed his colours to the mast → hizo constar sus opiniones
to show one's true colours; show o.s. in one's true colours → demostrar cómo se es de verdad
see also flying A

7. (= authenticity, vividness) → color m, colorido m
an article full of local colour → un artículo lleno de colorido local

8. (= pretext) under the colour of → bajo la apariencia de ...

9. (Mus) (also tone colour) → timbre m

B. VT

1. (= apply colour to) [+ picture] (with paint) → pintar; (with crayons) → colorear

2. (= dye, tint) → teñir
to colour one's hair → teñirse or tintarse el pelo

3. (= influence) → influir en
his politics are coloured by his upbringing → sus opiniones políticas están influenciadas por su educación
you must not allow it to colour your judgement → no debes permitir que influya en tu juicio

C. VI

1. (= blush) → ponerse colorado, sonrojarse

2. (= change colour) → tomar color
fry the onion until it begins to colour → fría la cebolla hasta que empiece a coger color

3. (with crayons) [child] → colorear

D. CPD [film, photograph, slide] → en or (LAm) a color
colour bar N → barrera f racial
colour blindness N → daltonismo m
colour filter N (Phot) → filtro m de color
colour guard N (Mil) → portaestandarte mf
colour line N → barrera f de color
colour match N → coordinación f de colores
colour prejudice N → prejuicio m racial
colour scheme N → combinación f de colores
colour sergeant N (Mil) → sargento mf portaestandarte
colour supplement N (Journalism) → suplemento m a color
colour television N → televisión f en color, televisión f a color(LAm)

colour in VT + ADV (with crayons) → colorear; (with paint) → pintar

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colour [ˈkʌlə^r] (British) color (US)

n

[thing] → couleur f
What colour is it? → C'est de quelle couleur?
in colour [film, illustrations] → en couleur
to want to see the colour of sb's money → vouloir voir la couleur de l'argent de qn

[person, skin] → couleur f

(= dye) → teinture f

(= liveliness) → couleur f colours

npl

[party, club] → couleurs fpl

(= flag) [army] → drapeau m
to pass with flying colours → réussir haut la main
to nail one's colours to the mast → annoncer la couleur
to nail one's colours to sb's mast → porter les couleurs de qn

to see sb in their true colours → percer qn à jour
to show one's true colours → se montrer sous son vrai jour

vt

(gen) → colorer; [+ hair] → teindre; [+ nails] → vernir

[+ picture] (with paint) → peindre; (with crayons) → colorier

[+ judgement] → fausser

vi [person] → rougir

colour in

vt → colorier

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colour, (US) color

n

(lit, fig) → Farbe f; what colour is it? → welche Farbe hat es?; red/yellow in colour → rot/gelb; the film was in colour → der Film war in Farbe; colour illustration → farbige Illustration; a good sense of colour → ein guter Farbensinn; let’s see the colour of your money first (inf) → zeig erst mal dein Geld her (inf); the colour of a note (Mus) → die Klangfarbe eines Tons ? glowing

(= complexion) → (Gesichts)farbe f; to change colour → die Farbe wechseln; to get one’s colour back → wieder Farbe bekommen; to bring the colour back to somebody’s cheeks → jdm wieder Farbe geben; to have a high colour (Brit) → eine gesunde Gesichtsfarbe haben; (= look feverish) → rot im Gesicht sein; he had gone a funny colour → er nahm eine komische Farbe an

(racial) → Hautfarbe f; I don’t care what colour he is → seine Hautfarbe interessiert mich nicht; people of colour (dated) → Farbige pl

colours pl (= paints) → Farben pl; a box of colours → ein Mal- or Tuschkasten m

(fig: = bias: of newspaper, report) → Färbung f

(of place, period etc) → Atmosphäre f; to add colour to a story → einer Geschichte (dat) → Farbe geben; the pageantry and colour of Elizabethan England → der Prunk und die Farbenpracht des Elisabethanischen England

(= appearance of truth) to lend colour to a tale → eine Geschichte ausschmücken

colours pl (= symbols of membership) → Farben pl; (Sport) → (Sport)abzeichen nt; (= flag) → Fahne f; the regimental colours → die Regimentsfahne; to serve with/join the colours (old) → der Fahne dienen (dated) → /den bunten Rock anziehen (old); to nail one’s colours to the mast (fig) → Farbe bekennen; to nail one’s colours to somebody’s mast (fig) → sich zu jdm bekennen; to sail under false colours (fig) → unter falscher Flagge segeln; to show one’s true colours (fig) → sein wahres Gesicht zeigen

vt

(lit) → anmalen; (Art) → kolorieren; (= dye) → färben

(fig) → beeinflussen; (= bias deliberately) → färben

vi

(leaves) → sich (ver)färben

(person: also colour up) → rot werden, erröten

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colour, (US) color in cpds → Farb-; (racial) → Rassen-; (Mil) → Fahnen-;

colour bar

n → Rassenschranke f; (in country also) → Rassenschranken pl; to operate a colour → Rassentrennung praktizieren

colour-blind

adj → farbenblind

colour blindness

n → Farbenblindheit f

colour-code

vt → farbig kennzeichnen or kodieren

colour coordination

n → farbliche Abstimmung

colour copy

n → Farbkopie f

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colour, (US) color:

colour party

n → Fahnenträgerkommando nt

colour photograph

n → Farbfoto nt

colour postcard

n → bunte Ansichtskarte

colour retention

n (of clothes, paint) → Farbechtheit f

colour scheme

n → Farbzusammenstellung f

colour sergeant

n (Mil) → Fahnenträger m

colour supplement

n → Farbbeilage f, → Magazin nt

colour television

n → Farbfernsehen nt; (= set) → Farbfernseher m

colour transparency

n → Farbdia nt

colourwash, (US) colorwash

n → Farbtünche f

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colour color (Am) [ˈkʌləʳ]

1. n

a. (gen) → colore m
what colour is it? → di che colore è?
I want to see the colour of his money → voglio vederlo con i soldi in mano
to change colour → cambiare colore

b. (complexion) → colore m, colorito
to get one's colour back → riprendere colore
the colour drained from his face → impallidì

c. colours npl (Mil, Naut) → colori mpl; (of party, club) → emblemi mpl
to salute the colours → salutare la bandiera
to see sth in its true colours (fig) (usu pej) → vedere qc come veramente è
to show one's true colours (fig) (usu pej) → rivelare la propria vera personalità
to come through (sth) with flying colours (fig) → passare (qc) a pieni voti

2. vt (gen) → colorare; (tint, dye) → tingere (fig) (affect) → influenzare
to colour sth green → tingere or colorare qc di verde

3. vi (blush) (also colour up) → arrossire

4. adj (film, slide, photograph, television) → a colori

colour in vt + adv → colorare

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colour color (Am) [ˈkʌləʳ]

1. n

a. (gen) → colore m
what colour is it? → di che colore è?
I want to see the colour of his money → voglio vederlo con i soldi in mano
to change colour → cambiare colore

b. (complexion) → colore m, colorito
to get one's colour back → riprendere colore
the colour drained from his face → impallidì

c. colours npl (Mil, Naut) → colori mpl; (of party, club) → emblemi mpl
to salute the colours → salutare la bandiera
to see sth in its true colours (fig) (usu pej) → vedere qc come veramente è
to show one's true colours (fig) (usu pej) → rivelare la propria vera personalità
to come through (sth) with flying colours (fig) → passare (qc) a pieni voti

2. vt (gen) → colorare; (tint, dye) → tingere (fig) (affect) → influenzare
to colour sth green → tingere or colorare qc di verde

3. vi (blush) (also colour up) → arrossire

4. adj (film, slide, photograph, television) → a colori

colour in vt + adv → colorare

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colour

n colour [ˈkalə]

1 a quality which objects have, and which can be seen, only when light falls on them What colour is her dress?; Red, blue and yellow are colours. kleur لَوْن цвят barva farve die Farbe χρώμα color värv(us) رنگ väri couleur צֶבַע रंग boja szín warna litur colore 色 색갈 spalva krāsa; nokrāsa warna primer kleur farge kolor cor culoare цвет farba barva boja färg, kulör สี renk 顏色 колір رنگ màu sắc 颜色

2 paint(s) That artist uses water-colours. verf دِهان، طِلاء боя barva farve die Farbe μπογιά color värv(id) رنگ نقاشی väri peinture צֶבַע पेंट boja, kolorit festék cat litur colore 絵の具 페인트 dažai krāsa; krāsviela cat air verf -farge farba tinta vop­sea краска farba barva boje färg สี boya 顏料 фарба تصویریں بنانے والا پینٹ thuốc màu 颜料

3 (a) skin-colour varying with race people of all colours. gelaatskleur لَوْن البَشَرَه، عِرْق раса barva pleti hudfarve die Farbe χρώμα color nahavärv رنگ پوست؛ نژاد ihonväri couleur צֶבַע עוֹר रंगीन त्वचा boja szín warna kulit hörundslitur colore 皮膚の色 피부색 (odos) spalva sejas krāsa warna kulit huidskleur (hud)farge kolor (skóry) cor culoare цвет кожи farba pleti barva boja kože hudfärg สีผิว renk, ten 膚色 колір обличчя جلد کا رنگ màu da 肤色

4 vividness; interest There's plenty of colour in his stories. karakter لَوْن، وُضوح، اهْتِمام колорит barvitost liv die Stimmung χρώμα (μτφ.), ζωηρότητα, ενδιαφέρον color värvikus گیرایی؛ جذبه värikkyys couleur חֲיוּת विविधता boja életszerűség menarik líf og fjör colore 生彩 생동감 koloritas kolorīts menarik kleur fargerikdom koloryt cor culoare живость kolorit barvitost atmosfera färg, liv ความชัดเจน renkli, renklilik 多彩多姿，獨特風格 колорит دلچسپی ، کشش nhiều màu sắc 生动

adj

(of photographs etc) in colour, not black and white colour film; colour television. kleur مُلَوَّن цветен barevný farve- Farb-... έγχρωμος en color värvus-, värvi- رنگی väri- en couleur צִבְעוני रंगीन boja színes berwarna lita, lit- a colori カラーの 칼라 spalvotas krāsu- berwarna kleuren- farge-, kulørt kolorowy a cores color цветной farebný barven u boji färg- ซึ่งมีสี renkli 彩色的 кольоровий رنگین có màu 彩色的

v

to put colour on; to paint They coloured the walls yellow. verf يُلَوِّن боядисвам nabarvit; natřít farve; male färben χρωματίζω pintar, colorear värvima رنگ زدن؛ نقاشی کردن värjätä, maalata peindre לצְבּוֹע रंग करना, भरना obojiti (be)fest mengecat lita colorare, dipingere 色をつける 색칠하다 (nu)dažyti, spalvinti krāsot mengecat kleuren farge(legge), male, legge/sette farge på malować pintar a vopsi окрашивать nafarbiť barvati obojiti färga, färglägga ระบายสี boyamak 為...著色 фарбувати; забарвлювати رنگ کرنا tô màu 给...着色

adj coloured

1 having colour She prefers white baths to coloured baths. gekleurde مُلَوَّن оцветен barevný farvet bunt χρωματιστός de colores värviline رنگی värillinen coloré צָבוּע रंगीन obojen (-)színű berwarna litaður colorato 色のついた 색이 있는 spalvotas krāsains; krāsots berwarna gekleurd farget, kulørt, fargerik kolorowy de cor colorat цветной farebný barvast u boji färgad, kulört มีสีสัน renkli 有色的 кольоровий رنگین có màu sắc 有色的

2 belonging to a dark-skinned race There are only two white families living in this street – the rest are coloured. Kleurlinge أسْمَر، زِنْجي чернокож barevný farvet farbig έγχρωμος, που ανήκει στη μαύρη φυλή de color värviline غیر سفید پوست värillinen de couleur “צִבְעוֹנִי” श्वेत की जगह दूसरे रंग की नस्ल के लोग obojen színesbőrű berkulit hitam litaður di colore 有色人種の 유색 인종의 tamsiaodis tumšādains kulit hitam niet-blank farget; mørkhudet kolorowy de cor de culoare цветной farebný temnopolt obojeni färgad ผิวดำ zenci 有色人種的 темношкірий جلد کا رنگ ہونا da màu 有色人种的

n

(sometimes used impolitely) a dark-skinned person especially of Negro origin. Bruinmense الإنسان الملوّن: الأسود цветнокож barevný neger; farvet der/die Farbige έγχρωμος persona de color värviline سیاهپوست neekeri personne de couleur “כּוּשִׁי” काले crnac színesbőrű kulit hitam litaður, hörundsdökkur persona di colore 黒人 유색 인종 spalvotasis tumšādainais negro kleurling farget, neger kolorowy pessoa de cor persoană de culoare цветное население farebný črnec obojeni färgad คนผิวดำ zenci; siyah derili kimse (有時具貶意)有色人種 (尤指黑人) чорний, негр گہرے رنگ کا người da màu 有色人种的人（尤指黑人）

adj colourful

1 full of colour a colourful pattern. kleurvol مُلَوَّن، كَثيرُ الألْوان наситен pestrý farverig; kulørt farbenfroh πολύχρωμος lleno de color, vistoso värvirikas رنگارنگ värikäs vif צִבעוֹנִי संगीन, सजीव obilno obojen, živobojan, slikovit, šaren színpompás warna-warni litríkur pieno di colori 色彩豊かな 색이 화려한 spalvingas krāsains berwarna-warni kleurig fargerik kolorowy colorido viu colorat яркий farebný, pestrý pisan živopisan färgrik, färgstark ที่มีสีสันสดใส renkli, renk renk 色彩豐富的 барвистий رنگین نمونہ nhiều màu sắc 色彩丰富的

2 vivid and interesting a colourful account of his experiences. kleurigheid نابِض بالحَيَوِيَّه، مُمْتِع ярък barvitý farverig farbig γλαφυρός lleno de colorido värvikas زنده و با روح värikäs coloré סַסגוֹנִי मजेदार šaren, mnogobojan, uzbudljiv élénk menarik litríkur og lifandi pieno di colore いきいきとした 생동감 있는 įdomus, gyvas spilgts menarik kleurrijk fargerik, strålende barwny vivo plin de culoare красочный pestrý slikovit živopisan färgstark, målande ที่ชัดเจน ilginç, renkli 多彩多姿的 яскравий دلچسپی سے بھر پورہونا sinh động 丰富多彩的

n colouring

1 something used to give colour She put pink colouring in the icing. kleurmiddel تَلْوين، مادَّةٌ مُلَوِّنَه оцветител barvivo farve; farvestof; kulør die Farbe κτ. που δίνει χρώμα colorante värv مادۀ رنگی؛ رنگدانه väri, väriaine colorant צֶבַע מַאֲכָל रंग boja, obojenje színezés pewarna litur colorante 着色料 물감 dažomoji medžiaga, dažai krāsviela pewarna kleurstof fargestoff, kulør, koloritt barwnik corante colorant красящее вещество farbivo barvilo boja färg[]ning, färg[], färgmedel สีผสมอาหาร gıda boyası 著色 барвник رنگ کرنے کے لئے کوئی چیز sự tô màu 着色

2 complexion She had very high colouring (= a very pink complexion). kleurpigmente لَوْنُ البَشَرَه тен pleť ansigtsfarve; teint die Gesichtsfarbe απόχρωση (δέρματος) tez jume رنگ پوست ihonväri teint צֶבַע रंग kolorit szín(ezet) warna kulit litaraft, hörundslitur colorito 色つや 피부색 veido spalva sejas krāsa warna kulit gelaatskleur ansiktsfarge, teint cera coloração ten цвет лица pleť polt ten ansiktsfärg ลักษณะผิว cilt veya saç rengi 臉色 колір (обличчя, волосся) گہرا رنگ ہونا nước da 面色

adj colourless

1 without colour Water is colourless. achromaties لا لَوْنَ له безцветен bezbarvý farveløs farblos άχρωμος incoloro värvitu بی رنگ väritön incolore חֲסַר צֶבַע रंगहीन bez boja, bezbojan színtelen tanpa warna litlaus incolore 無色の 무색의 bespalvis bezkrāsains tidak berwarna kleurloos fargeløs bezbarwny incolor incolor бесцветный bezfarebný brezbarven bezbojan färglös ที่ไม่มีสี renksiz 無色的 безбарвний, блідий بے رنگ nhợt nhạt 无色的

2 not lively or interesting a colourless young woman. kleurloos, bleek غَيْر حَيَوي، غَيْر مُمْتِع безинтересен nudný, nic neříkající farveløs farblos άχρωμος (μτφ.), μη ενδιαφέρων soso, sin gracia ilma särata ملال آور؛ خسته کننده väritön terne לֹא מְעַנייֵן अरूचिकर mrtav, bez života, suhoparan unalmas tidak menarik litlaus; leiðinlegur scialbo 生彩のない 활기 없는 blankus neinteresants; garlaicīgs tidak menarik kleurloos fargeløs, grå og kjedelig, blass nijaki desenxabido tern, neinteresant неинтересный nudný suhoparen bezličan färglös ที่ไม่มีชีวิตชีวา donuk, ruhsuz 無趣的，無特色的 нецікавий غیر دلچسپ tẻ nhạt 不生动的

n pl colours

1 the distinction of winning a place in the team in some sports He won his cricket colours last season. kleure إمْتِياز، فَوْز включен съм в спортен тим řazení do družstva komme med på holdet die Farben διάκριση, νίκη colores värvid جایگاه برتر در یک تیم ورزشی pelipaikka, paikka edustusjoukkueessa sélection (pour faire partie de l'équipe) סֶמֶל जीत stijeg, barjak válogatott seleksi komast í lið insegne レギュラーになる 입상 skiriamosios spalvos ženklas uzņemšana sporta komandā seleksi insigne komme med på laget odznaka reprezentanta insígnias drapel форма лидера zaradenie do mužstva mesto v moštvu klupska oznaka klubbdräkt ตำแหน่งชนะ takıma girme, takıma seçilme 獲選進入球隊的帽子或綬帶 відмітний знак جیتنے کا امتیاز giải thưởng thể thao 被选入运动队

2 a flag Army regiments salute the colours when on parade. vaandelparade عَلَم флаг prapor, vlajka flag; fane die Fahne σημαία bandera, enseña lipp پرچم lippu drapeau דֶגֶל झंडा zastava, barjak nemzeti zászló bendera flagg, fáni bandiera 旗 깃발 vėliava karogs bendera vaandel flagg, fane sztandar bandeira uniformă знамя; флаг zástava zastava zastava flagga, fana ธง bayrak, sancak, flâma 旗幟 прапор, знамено جھنڈا cờ hiệu 旗帜

3 a tunic of certain colours worn by a jockey to show that his race-horse belongs to a certain person. kleure مَلابِس مُلَوَّنَه مُمَيِّزَه цветна униформа на жокей, показваща националната му принадлежност barvy jockeydragt das Trikot διακριτικά χρώματα colores võistlusvärvid کت کوتاهی که سوارکاران به تن می کنند kilpavärit couleurs סֶמֶל यूनीफार्म stijag, barjak mez warna borði, merki colori 騎手の色服 (기수가 입는 말의 소속을 표시하는) 특정한 색깔의 튜닉 (tam tikros spalvos) žokėjaus marškiniai (žokeja) tērpa krāsas warna gekleurd buis jockeydrakt bluza dżokejska insígnias uniformă цветная куртка farba barve tunika džokeja jacka, dräkt เสื้อคุลมนักแข่งม้า forma 職業賽馬騎師穿的彩色短上衣，以識別其賽馬屬於某人 “колір конюшні”; жакет жокея رنگین لباس phù hiệu trên người hoặc ngựa đua （表示所属某人色彩标志的）衣帽

adj colour-blind

unable to tell the difference between certain colours As he was colour-blind he could not distinguish between red and green. kleurblind مُصابٌ بِعَمى الألْوان далтонист barvoslepý farveblind farbenblind που πάσχει από αχρωματοψία daltónico värvipime کور رنگ värisokea daltonien עִווֵר צְבַעִים @@@עִיווֵר צְבַעִים$$$ वर्णान्धता slijep za boje színvak buta warna litblindur daltonico 色盲の 색맹 neskiriantis spalvų, daltonikas krāsu akls buta warna kleurenblind fargeblind daltonista daltónico daltonist страдающий дальтонизмом farboslepý slep za barve daltonista färgblind ตาบอดสี renk körü 色盲的 той, що не розрізняє кольорів, хворий на дальтонізм جو رنگون میں امتیاز نہ کر سکے mù màu 色盲

n colour scheme

an arrangement or choice of colours in decorating a house etc. kleurskema تَرْتيبُ الألْوان في البَيْت съчетание на цветове barevné uspořádání farvesammensætning; farvevalg die Farbgebung συνδυασμός χρωμάτων combinación de colores värviskaala, värvivalik شیوۀ گزینش رنگ ها برهی تزئینات داخلی خانه värisuunnitelma combinaison de couleurs מַעֲרַך הַצבָעִים रंगयोजना paleta boja színösszeállítás kombinasi warna litaval disposizione dei colori 色彩設計 색채 배합 spalvų derinys krāsu izkārtojums susunan warna kleurschakering fargesammensetning/-valg arranjo de cores îmbi­nare de culori цветовая гамма farebné usporiadanie barvna kombinacija paleta boja färgschema, färg[]sättning แผงสี renk uygunluğu (室內裝飾的)色彩組合或選擇 сполучення кольорів رنگوں کی ترتیب sự phối màu （室内装饰的）色彩设计

adj off-ˈcolour

not feeling well He was a bit off-colour the morning after the party. kroeserig, sleg voel مُنْحَرِف الصِّحَّه أو المزاج неразположен špatně se cítící uvel; uoplagt elend αδιάθετος indispuesto haiglane, vormist väljas کسل؛ دمق huonovointinen souffrant לֹא לְהַרגִיש טוֹב अच्छा नहीं महसूस करना ne svjež nem érzi jól magát tidak sehat fölur giù di corda 身体の調子が悪い 몸이 좋지 않은 nekaip atrodantis justies neveselam tak sihat onwel uvel, uopplagt niedysponowany maldisposto indispus не в форме zle sa cítiť slabo se počutiti osećati se loše krasslig, ur form รู้สึกไม่ค่อยสบาย rahatsız 身體不適的 той, що нездужає طبیعت کا ناساز ہونا cảm thấy không khỏe 身体不适

colour in

to put colour into (drawings etc) He coloured in all the oblong shapes on the page. inkleur يُلَوِّن обагрям vybarvit farvelægge ausmalen χρωματίζω colorear ära värvima رنگ زدن värittää colorier לִצבּוֹע रंगना obojiti (ki)színez mewarnai lita colorare 色を塗る 색칠하다 nuspalvinti iekrāsot mewarna inkleuren fargelegge pokolorować colorir a colora раскрашивать vymaľovať pobarvati obojiti färga in เติมสีสันให้กับ boyamak 上色 розфарбовувати رنگ بھرنا tô màu 上色

show oneself in one's true colours

to show or express one's real character, opinion etc He pretends to be very generous but he showed himself in his true colours when he refused to give money to charity. kleur beken يَظْهَرُ عَلى حَقيقَتِهِ разкривам истинската си същност vybarvit se, ukázat se v pravém světle vise sit sande jeg sein wahres Gesicht zeigen δείχνω τον πραγματικό μου εαυτό mostrarse tal como se es oma õiget nägu näitama طینت واقعی خود را نشان دادن paljastaa oikea karvansa se révéler tel que l'on est vraiment לְהַראוֹת אֶת הַאוֹפּי הָאָמִיתִי अपनी असलियत उजागर करना pokazati se u pravome svjetlu kimutatja a foga fehérét memperlihatkan watak sÿna sitt rétta eðli mostrarsi come si è veramente 本性を現わす 본색을 드러내다 parodyti savo tikrąjį veidą parādīt savu īsto seju menunjukkan diri yang sebenar zich in zijn ware gedaante tonen vise sitt sanne jeg pokazać swoje prawdziwe oblicze mostrar-se tal qual é a-şi arăta adevărata faţă предстать в истинном свете vyfarbiť sa pokazati svoj pravi značaj pokazati pravo lice visa sitt rätta (verkliga) jag อุปนิสัย gerçek yüzünü göstermek, ne mal olduğunu göstermek 露出本性 показати справжнє обличчя اصلی رنگ مین آنا bản chất 现出本性

with flying colours

with great success He passed his exam with flying colours. met vlieënde vaandels; triomfantelik يُحَثِّق نَجاحا كَبيرا отлично s triumfem overlegent mit fliegenden Fahnen, mit großem Erfolg με μεγάλη επιτυχία airosamente lippude lehvides بسیار موفقیت آمیز loistavasti haut la main לְהָשִיג הָצלָחָה גְדוֹלָה जबरदस्त जीत pobijediti, trijumfirati kitűnő eredménnyel dengan baik sekali með glæsibrag con tutti gli onori 大成功を収めて 대성공적으로 labai sėkmingai, pergalingai uzvaroši; ar izcilām sekmēm berjaya dengan cemerlang met vlag en wimpel overlegent śpiewająco, z honorami triunfalmente cu feli­citări с блеском triumfálne zmagoslavno s odličnim uspehom med glans ความสำเร็จ büyük bir başarıyla 很成功地 успішно بڑی کامیابی حاصل کرنا thành công rực rỡ 大为成功

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colour → لون barva farve Farbe χρώμα color väri couleur boja colore 色 색 kleur farge kolor cor цвет färg สี renk màu sắc 颜色