Concept cluster: Tools > Color variation and perception
n
Alternative form of accidental colour [(optics) A colour depending on the hypersensibility of the retina of the eye for complementary colours. They are purely subjective sensations of colour which often result from the contemplation of actually coloured bodies.]
adj
Alternative form of ambercolored
n
Alternative spelling of anticolour [(physics) The property of antiquarks equivalent to that of colour in quarks.]
v
Alternative form of becolour [(transitive) To impart colour to; mark with colour; colour all over.]
n
(American spelling) Alternative form of bicolour [(British spelling) A flower, cat etc., that has two colours.]
n
Alternative form of bicolouration [(botany) The presence of two separate colourations on the same plant.]
adj
(British spelling) Having two colours
n
Alternative form of biocolourant [A biologically-created colourant]
adj
Alternative form of brickcolored
n
A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.
n
Alternative letter-case form of Camotint [(historical) Any of several pale camouflage colours used by the British Royal Air Force during World War II, especially Camotint green.]
n
British spelling and Canada standard spelling of candor.
adj
Alternative form of cherrycolored
n
Alternative spelling of chromakey [(television, film) The use of a particular colour (usually either green or blue) as a key in a TV studio in order to allow one image to be partially superimposed upon another, seamlessly]
n
Alternative spelling of chromakey [(television, film) The use of a particular colour (usually either green or blue) as a key in a TV studio in order to allow one image to be partially superimposed upon another, seamlessly]
adj
Producing colour.
n
(printing) Initialism of cyan, magenta, yellow. [A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.]
n
(computing, printing) Initialism of cyan, magenta, yellow, key: the colour model used in colour printing. [A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.]
n
Obsolete form of color. [(uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.]
n
Obsolete form of color. [(uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.]
n
(countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
n
Synonym of color commentator
n
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of colour bar [The segregation of people of different colour or race, especially any barrier to black people participating in activities with white people.]
n
(American spelling) Any system where colors are used to categorize elements of sets.
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of colour coordinated
n
The state of being color coordinated.
n
a film punctuation in which the picture brightens until it is completely a single color
adj
Alternative form of colour-proud [Favouring people of one's own skin colour over others; racist, racially prejudiced.]
n
(US) Alternative spelling of colour wheel [(British spelling) A planar circular chart in which related colours are adjacent, and complementary colors are opposite.]
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of color blind [(of a person or animal) Unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors (usually red and green).]
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of color coordinated
adj
Alternative form of colour-proud [Favouring people of one's own skin colour over others; racist, racially prejudiced.]
adj
US standard spelling of colourable. [(obsolete) Colourful.]
n
Alternative spelling of colourant [A pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue]
adj
(obsolete) Colored.
adj
Relating to coloration.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or producing coloration.
adj
Alternative form of color blind [(of a person or animal) Unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors (usually red and green).]
adj
Alternative form of colourbound [(chess) Able to access only squares of one colour (either black or white).]
adj
Alternative letter-case form of colored [(American spelling) Having a color.]
adj
Having colors that have been dyed or applied to the material in a way that will prevent them from being washed out, running, or fading.
adj
Possessing prominent and varied colors.
adj
(archaic) Producing or transmitting color.
adj
colourful
n
The process of converting to color.
adj
(art, music) Of, pertaining to, or focused on coloring or an enhanced use of colour
adj
Rare spelling of colouristical. [(rare) coloristic]
adv
In terms of, or in relation to, color; in a coloristic way
v
(American spelling, photography, cinematography) (Canadian spelling, acceptable) To convert black and white media to color by digital post production (as is often done in digital photography and in video special effects).
n
A device or system which colorizes black and white films.
adj
US standard spelling of colourless. [Having little or no colour.]
adj
That produces colour (under particular conditions)
adj
Full of colour.
adj
Characterised or marked by color; colorful; (by extension) vibrant; cheerful
n
Alternative spelling of color space [A numerical representation of all the possible colors/colours in a particular display or printing system.]
adj
Alternative form of coloury [Having plenty of colour; colorful.]
n
Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and UK standard spelling of color.
n
Alternative form of color analyst [Synonym of color commentator]
n
Synonym of color commentator Alternative form of color announcer
adj
British spelling spelling of color blind
n
Britain standard spelling of color blindness.
v
(British spelling) To mark items with a colour code as a means of sorting.
adj
(British spelling) Alternative form of colour-coordinated [(British spelling) Designed to have matching colours.]
n
Britain standard spelling of color coordination.
n
(British spelling) the quality of being colourfast
n
Alternative form of color killer [An electronic stage in a television set that cuts off the color amplifiers when a monochrome signal is received.]
n
Alternative form of colourman [A man who sells (and, formerly, prepares) an artist's paints.]
v
Alternative form of color outside the lines [(intransitive) To behave in creative or unconventional ways, to break the rules.]
adj
Alternative form of colour-proud [Favouring people of one's own skin colour over others; racist, racially prejudiced.]
n
(British spelling) a colourway
n
Alternative spelling of color screw [(Magic: The Gathering) The condition of having an insufficient supply of the correct color of mana.]
n
Alternative form of color story [(fashion) A limited palette of colors chosen for an outfit or a wardrobe.]
n
(British spelling) A plane triangular graph on which are drawn all the colours that can be made by the additive mixing of red blue and green; these three primary colours are at the apices, while white is in the middle.
n
(British spelling) A planar circular chart in which related colours are adjacent, and complementary colors are opposite.
adj
(British spelling) Alternative form of colour blind [British spelling spelling of color blind]
adj
(British spelling) Having different colours so that people can distinguish them.
v
Alternative form of colour coordinate [Commonwealth standard spelling of color coordinate.]
adj
(British spelling) Designed to have matching colours.
adj
Alternative form of colorfast [Having colors that have been dyed or applied to the material in a way that will prevent them from being washed out, running, or fading.]
adj
(obsolete) Colourful.
adv
Alternative form of colorably [In a colorable manner.]
n
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of coloration [The act or art of coloring.]
adj
Rare spelling of colorational. [Relating to coloration.]
adj
Rare spelling of colorative. [Of, pertaining to, or producing coloration.]
adj
Alternative form of colour blind [British spelling spelling of color blind]
v
Alternative form of colorbreed [To breed (plants or animals) selectively to produce new or desired colors.]
n
Alternative form of colorburst [(television) A generated video signal used to keep the chrominance subcarrier synchronized in a color television signal.]
v
Alternative spelling of colorcast [(dated) To broadcast television in color.]
adj
Alternative letter-case form of coloured (“nonwhite, or mixed-race”)
n
Alternative form of colorer [One who colors.]
adj
Alternative spelling of colorfast (Items with dyes or pigments that are capable of producing a stable colouring effect.) [Having colors that have been dyed or applied to the material in a way that will prevent them from being washed out, running, or fading.]
adj
Britain standard spelling of colorful.
adj
Nonstandard spelling of colourful. [Britain standard spelling of colorful.]
n
Alternative form of colorfulness [The state of being colorful.]
adj
Rare spelling of colorific. [(obsolete, chemistry) That produces coloured precipitates]
n
Britain standard spelling of coloring book.
n
UK standard spelling of colorization.
v
(British spelling) Britain standard spelling of colorize.
n
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of colorizer. [A device or system which colorizes black and white films.]
n
(British spelling) Alternative form of colorism [(American spelling) Prejudice or bias against persons on the basis of their skin color or complexion, often among persons of the same racial identification.]
adj
Alternative spelling of coloristic [(art, music) Of, pertaining to, or focused on coloring or an enhanced use of colour]
adv
Alternative form of coloristically [In terms of, or in relation to, color; in a coloristic way]
n
Canada standard spelling of colorization.
v
(Canadian spelling, Canada) Standard spelling of colourise.
n
Canada standard form of colorizer. [A device or system which colorizes black and white films.]
adj
(nonstandard) Rare spelling of colorous. [Full of colour.]
n
Alternative form of colorpuncture [(alternative medicine) A form of alternative medicine in which coloured light is shone on acupoints.]
adj
(UK) Alternative form of colorsome [Characterised or marked by color; colorful; (by extension) vibrant; cheerful]
n
Alternative spelling of colorway [(art) Any of the schemes of two or more colors in which a design is available. It is often used to describe variegated or ombre (shades of one color) print yarns, fabric, or thread. It can also be applied to apparel, to wallpaper and other interior design motifs, and to specifications for printed materials such as magazines or newspapers.]
adv
Alternative spelling of colorwise [In terms of color.]
adj
Having plenty of colour; colorful.
n
Obsolete spelling of colour [Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and UK standard spelling of color.]
n
(optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light).
n
A complementary colour.
n
(American spelling) Alternative form of complementary colour [(British spelling, colour science) Either of two colours which, when mixed, produce a white or grey.]
n
(British spelling, colour science) Either of two colours which, when mixed, produce a white or grey.
adj
Alternative form of concolour [Of the same colour; of uniform colour.]
adj
(botany, zoology) Having a uniform colour
adj
of the same color
adj
Of the same colour; of uniform colour.
adj
Alternative form of concolorous [Colored the same throughout.]
n
Alternative form of cucoloris [(television, film) A device for casting shadows or silhouettes to produce patterned illumination.]
v
To stain with two or more stains
n
(mineralogy) transparency
adj
(obsolete) Multicolored.
v
British and Canadian standard spelling of discolor.
adj
Obsolete form of discolored. [Deprived of color, or given the wrong color; pale, stained.]
n
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of discoloration [The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance.]
n
Rare spelling of discolorer. [One who discolours.]
n
Alternative form of discolorization [A process of losing color.]
n
Alternative form of discolorization [A process of losing color.]
n
Alternative spelling of discolorment [A loss of color.]
adj
Rare spelling of discolorous. [(botany, of leaves) Having upper and lower surfaces of different colours.]
adj
Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely coloured.
adj
Britain standard spelling of dust-colored.
adj
Badly or wrongly pigmented.
v
Alternative form of encolour [(transitive, poetic) To colour.]
n
Used attributively to describe an image having colours that are different from reality, especially one in which the colours used have a physical significance (e.g. representing temperature etc.)
adj
(US) of, or relating to a farb; anachronistic
adj
Alternative form of fawncolored
n
(US) Alternative spelling of food colouring [Any substance added to food in order to change its colour.]
n
Alternative form of forecolour [Any colour which stands out among others.]
n
Any colour which stands out among others.
n
an impermanent pigment that lightens, darkens, or otherwise changes in appearance or physicality over time when exposed to environmental conditions
n
A thin, translucent membrane used as a filter for photography or for theatrical lighting effects.
n
(imaging) The use of black and white, representing color with shades of gray.
adj
Alternative form of half-metallic [Made half of a metal and half of some other material.]
adj
Alternative spelling of high color
n
A colour change in fabric caused by repeated exposure to colorants.
adj
Full of hue or colour; colourful.
adj
(vision, of a perceived color) Having a saturation exceeding 100%.
n
(US) Alternative spelling of hyperbolic colour. [The type of colour perceived when a visual afterimage is viewed on a background of the same colour, resulting in a purer perception of that colour than is ordinarily possible to perceive; usually achieved by staring at a shape in one colour (e.g. cyan) for several seconds, and then immediately looking at a background in the opposite colour (e.g. orange), which is the same colour as the resultant afterimage.]
adj
Discoloured by hypopigmentation.
n
Alternative spelling of local color [Aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities; the collective customs, mannerisms, fashions, artwork, accents or traditions of an area.]
n
(dyeing) The five simple colours (black, white, blue, red, and yellow) from which all the others are formed.
adj
Having the form or structure of a metal.
adj
Alternative spelling of miscoloured [Incorrectly coloured.]
n
Alternative spelling of miscoloration [Incorrect coloration.]
n
miscoloration
adj
Alternative form of monocoloured [Of a single colour.]
adj
Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and UK standard spelling of monocolor.
adj
Alternative form of multicolored [(American spelling) Having multiple colors.]
adj
Britain standard spelling of multi-colored.
n
(American spelling) A display of many colors.
adj
(British spelling) Alternative form of multicolor [(American spelling) Having, resembling, or pertaining to many colors.]
adj
Synonym of pied ("having two or more colors")
adj
Of color.
adj
Alternative spelling of of color [(chiefly US) Nonwhite; of a race other than white, for example black.]
adj
Alternative spelling of off-color [Of the wrong color.]
v
(transitive) Alternative spelling of overcolour [(transitive) To exaggerate.]
adj
Alternative form of overcolored [Rendered too colourful; with an excess of color.]
adj
Alternative form of particoloured [Made up of sections having different, often bright, colours.]
adj
US standard spelling of particoloured. [Made up of sections having different, often bright, colours.]
adj
Made up of sections having different, often bright, colours.
adj
Coloured with different tints; variegated.
adj
(figuratively) Of mixed character, heterogeneous.
v
(transitive) To add color or pigment to something.
adj
Of or pertaining to pigment.
v
To colour with pigments
n
Coloration of human, plant or animal tissue, especially by pigment.
adj
Of or pertaining to pigmentation.
adj
(dated) Relating to, or furnished with, pigments.
n
Alternative spelling of primary colour [(British spelling) Any of three colours which, when added to or subtracted from others in different amounts, can generate all other colours]
n
(British spelling) Any of three colours which, when added to or subtracted from others in different amounts, can generate all other colours
n
Alternative spelling of pseudocolour [An arbitrary colour assigned to each gray level of a monochrome image; used especially in thermography]
adj
coloured using pseudocolours; rendered in false colours
adj
made transparent or translucent when heated
adj
Alternative spelling of quadricolor [Having four colors.]
n
(British spelling) Alternative form of recolor [The process of changing the color or something.]
adj
(of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
n
(US) Alternative spelling of secondary colour [(British spelling) Any of three colours derived from mixing two primary colours]
n
(British spelling) Any of three colours derived from mixing two primary colours
n
A colour that is not mixed or variegated, as in an animal's fur.
adj
(British spelling) Of a single uniform colour.
n
(British spelling) alternative spelling of skin color [(literally) The color of human skin.]
adj
Of a colour: from which some wavelengths have been removed.
adj
(mineralogy) Having an almost vitreous lustre.
adj
(American spelling) Extremely or excessively colourful.
adj
(British spelling) Alternative form of technicolor [(American spelling) Extremely or excessively colourful.]
n
A tertiary colour.
n
Alternative spelling of tertiary colour [(British spelling) Any colour that results from the mixing of two secondary colours, or of a primary colour and an adjacent secondary colour.]
n
(British spelling) Any colour that results from the mixing of two secondary colours, or of a primary colour and an adjacent secondary colour.
n
(obsolete, medicine) An external local application or remedy, such as a plaster, a blister, etc.
adj
Alternative form of tricolored [Having three colours; tricolor.]
adj
Alternative form of tricolored [Having three colours; tricolor.]
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of tricolour [Having three colours.]
adj
tricolour, tricolor.
adj
Alternative spelling of tricolored [Having three colours; tricolor.]
adj
Rare spelling of tricolorous. [tricolour, tricolor.]
n
American spelling of true colours
adj
Alternative form of twi-coloured [Consisting of two colours; two-coloured.]
n
Britain standard spelling of uncolorability.
adj
Britain standard spelling of uncolored.
n
Alternative form of undercolour [A colour used as a base and then coloured over, as in watercolour painting.]
adj
(British spelling) Alternative form of unicolor [(American spelling) Of one color; monochromatic.]
adj
Alternative form of unicolorous [Having a single color.]
adj
Having a variety of colors; variegated or motley.
adj
Of various colors; varicolored.
adj
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of varicolored [Having a variety of colors; variegated or motley.]
adj
varicoloured
adj
(dated) varicoloured
adj
Synonym of versicoloured (“of various colours”)
adj
Alternative spelling of versicoloured [Of various colours; variegated.]
adj
Synonym of versicoloured (“of various colours”)
adj
(rare) Having changing or varied colours.
n
(biology) A form of aposematism in which a prey organism has conspicuous colors which function in deterring predators from consuming it.
n
(Internet) Any color, specified as an RGB triplet or in hexadecimal format, that can be displayed on a web page

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