Definition of color

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• color is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
• color is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
• color is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of color

• any material used for its color (noun)

  Examples

  1. she used a different color for the trim

  Synonyms

  1. coloring material
  2. colour
  3. colouring material
• (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction (noun)

  Examples

  1. each flavor of quarks comes in three colors

  Synonyms

  1. colour
• having or capable of producing colors (adjective)

  Examples

  1. color film
  2. he rented a color television
  3. marvelous color illustrations

  Synonyms

  1. colour
• decorate with colors (verb)

  Examples

  1. color the walls with paint in warm tones

  Synonyms

  1. colour
  2. emblazon
• give a deceptive explanation or excuse for (verb)

  Examples

  1. color a lie

  Synonyms

  1. colour
  2. gloss
• change color, often in an undesired manner (verb)

  Examples

  1. The shirts discolored

  Synonyms

  1. colour
  2. discolor
  3. discolour
• the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. colour
• interest and variety and intensity (noun)

  Examples

  1. the Puritan Period was lacking in color

  Synonyms

  1. colour
  2. vividness
• modify or bias (verb)

  Examples

  1. His political ideas color his lectures

  Synonyms

  1. colour
• an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading (noun)

  Examples

  1. the situation soon took on a different color

  Synonyms

  1. colour
  2. gloss
  3. semblance
• the timbre of a musical sound (noun)

  Examples

  1. the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music

  Synonyms

  1. coloration
  2. colour
  3. colouration
• a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect (noun)

  Examples

  1. a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light

  Synonyms

  1. coloring
  2. colour
  3. colouring
• affect as in thought or feeling (verb)

  Examples

  1. My personal feelings color my judgment in this case

  Synonyms

  1. colour
  2. distort
  3. tinge
• add color to (verb)

  Examples

  1. The child colored the drawings
  2. Fall colored the trees
  3. colorize black and white film

  Synonyms

  1. color in
  2. colorise
  3. colorize
  4. colour
  5. colour in
  6. colourise
  7. colourize

See definition of color in Merriam Webster