adj
(chemistry, of a dye) Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
n
Obsolete form of aposteme. [(medicine) An abscess; a pustulent swelling.]
adj
Of or relating to ink; inky; black.
adj
(theater lighting) Consisting of one predominant color blended with small amounts of complementary color; used to replicate natural light because of their warmer appearance.
v
(transitive) To impart colour to; mark with colour; colour all over.
v
(transitive) To endow with hue or colour; to colour; make colourful.
adj
Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.
n
Alternative spelling of bodycolor [(art) Gouache.]
n
Bold or vivid colours; also, clothes, cosmetics, etc., with such colours.
adj
Transparent in colour.
n
Alternative form of cucoloris [(television, film) A device for casting shadows or silhouettes to produce patterned illumination.]
v
Obsolete form of color. [(transitive) To give something color.]
v
Obsolete form of color. [(transitive) To give something color.]
adj
Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
v
To complete such an exercise; to carry out such a technique by filling in each space with the appropriate color.
v
(American spelling) To mark items with a color code as a means of sorting.
v
To add colors to a black-and-white drawing, using colored drawing equipment.
n
(fashion) A limited palette of colors chosen for an outfit or a wardrobe.
adv
In a colorable manner.
v
To apply color to something; to make colorful.
n
The act or art of coloring.
adj
(euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).
adj
(figuratively) flowery; ornate
n
(American spelling) Alternative form of colourman [A man who sells (and, formerly, prepares) an artist's paints.]
n
(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.
v
To colourise; to add colours to a black-and-white drawing, using coloured drawing equipment.
v
Alternative form of color inside the lines [(intransitive) To behave conventionally, to follow the rules.]
n
Alternative form of color of someone's money [Someone's ability or willingness to pay; money paid and not merely promised.]
v
Alternative form of color up [To blush (to go red).]
adj
(law) In appearance only; not in reality what it purports to be, hence counterfeit, feigned.
n
A pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
adv
Alternative spelling of colorfully [In a colorful manner.]
v
(obsolete, transitive) To add colour to, to brighten with colour.
n
Alternative form of colormaker [(American spelling) A maker of paints or dyes; a colorman.]
v
(transitive) To give a colour to.
n
Alternative form of cucoloris [(television, film) A device for casting shadows or silhouettes to produce patterned illumination.]
n
Alternative form of dead colouring [(art) The first broad outlines of a picture.]
v
(American spelling) To change or lose color.
n
The quality of being discolored.
n
A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
v
(transitive, poetic) To colour.
adj
British standard form of flesh-colored. [Of the color of flesh.]
n
Alternative spelling of flying colours. [(usually in the phrase with flying colours) Great success.]
n
A gradual change in color. A color gradient; gradation.
adj
(imaging) Black and white, representing color with shades of gray.
n
(of a substance) a strong color
n
Initialism of hue, saturation, level. [A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.]
n
A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.
adj
coloured; having a hue.
adj
Full of hue or colour; colourful.
adv
In a hueful or colourful manner; colourfully.
adv
Synonym of with flying colors
adj
(figuratively) Brightly coloured and continuously changing in pattern, as if in a kaleidoscope.
adj
Alternative form of lead-colored [Having a dull grey (the color of lead) as its color.]
adj
Having the correct, desired, or pure colour tainted or stained.
adj
Having colors blend from one color hue to another, usually from light to dark.
n
Brightness or strength of colour.
n
(art) Colour that is superimposed on another previously applied to obtain a different gradation, or a particular transparency effect
v
To color or describe too strongly.
n
The range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.
n
The art of modelling in cork.
n
A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pigment.
adj
Having a style marked by using many small, distinct points of color to form an image.
v
To add pseudocolors (false colors)
n
An object that has had its color changed.
v
(transitive, specifically) To adjust the color of a paint.
n
(art) The intensity or vividness of a colour.
n
(literally) The color of human skin.
adj
coloured by adding a pigment
n
(obsolete) Colour, tinge; tint.
v
(transitive) To apply a physical texture to.
adj
tinged or lightly coloured
adj
Having the effect of colouring or staining with a dye or pigment.
n
A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
n
coloring; shading; use of tints
n
The shade or quality of a colour.
v
(dyeing) To cover with another dye.
adj
(of a colour) Not chromatically pure; diluted.
adj
(by extension) Very colorful.
adj
(chemistry) Of a semi-crystalline substance where the atoms exhibit short-range order, but without the long-range order of a crystal.
n
The quality or state of being vitreous.
n
Alternative form of vitrescence [The quality of being vitreous or glassy.]
n
(electronics) The problems caused by the formation of this compound, including an increase in electrical resistance and formation of voids at the gold-aluminium junction, potentially culminating in total failure of the junction.
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