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colour

The word “colour” has 2 syllables: col-our

It's pronounced as /ˈkʌlə/

What is synonym and antonym for colour?

In the thesaurus, “colour” has 231 synonyms and 27 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for colour along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for colour

Antonyms for colour

Meanings of colour

  • noun
    1. The spectral composition of visible light.
    2. A subset thereof:.
    3. A paint.
    4. Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
    5. Skin color, noted as normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.
    6. A flushed appearance of blood in the face; redness of complexion.
    7. Richness of expression; detail or flavour that is likely to generate interest or enjoyment.
    8. A standard, flag, or insignia:.
    9. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
    10. (in the plural) The morning ceremony of raising the flag.
    11. A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons.
    12. A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
    13. The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page. (See type color.).
    14. Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
    15. A front or facade; an ostensible truth actually false; pretext.
    16. An appearance of right or authority; color of law.
  • verb
    1. To give something color.
    2. To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.
    3. (of a person or their face) To become red through increased blood flow.
    4. To affect without completely changing.
    5. To attribute a quality to; to portray (as).
    6. To assign colors to the vertices of a graph (or the regions of a map) so that no two vertices connected by an edge (regions sharing a border) have the same color.
  • adjective
    1. Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.

Example Sentences

  • She loves the bright colour of the flowers in her garden.
  • The walls were painted in a soft blue colour to create a calming effect.
  • Artists use different shades of colour to express emotions in their paintings.
  • His eyes changed colour slightly in the sunlight.
  • The rainbow displayed every colour imaginable after the rain stopped.

On this page you'll find 258 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to colour, such as: GIs, Jolly Roger, abash, achromatism, amplify, armed forces, armor.

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