(ש"ע) צבע; צביעה; צביעה בפיגמנט (גם colouring)

(פ') לצבוע, למשוח בצבע; לסלף (גם colour)

n. act of coloring; pigment; pigmentation, coloration (also colouring)

v. add color, tint; distort, falsify (also colour)

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Noun
1. a digestible substance used to give color to food; "food color made from vegetable dyes"
(synonym) colouring, food coloring, food colouring, food color, food colour
(hypernym) foodstuff, food product
(derivation) color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
2. 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"
(synonym) color, colour, colouring
(hypernym) visual property
(hyponym) heather mixture, heather
(attribute) colored, coloured, colorful
(derivation) color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
3. the act or process of changing the color of something
(synonym) colouring
(hypernym) change of color
(hyponym) tinting
(derivation) discolor, discolour, colour, color

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Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) colour, coloring, colouring
(antonym) colorlessness, colourlessness, achromatism
(hypernym) visual property
(hyponym) heather mixture, heather
(attribute) colored, coloured, colorful
(derivation) colour, emblazon
2. interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"
(synonym) colour, vividness
(hypernym) interest, interestingness
(attribute) colorful, colourful
3. the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
(synonym) colour, coloration, colouration
(hypernym) timbre, timber, quality, tone
4. a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
(synonym) colour, people of color, people of colour
(hypernym) race
(member-meronym) person of color, person of colour
5. 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"
(synonym) semblance, gloss, colour
(hypernym) appearance, visual aspect
(hyponym) color of law, colour of law
6. any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim"
(synonym) coloring material, colouring material, colour
(hypernym) material, stuff
(hyponym) paint
7. (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
(synonym) colour
(hypernym) kind, sort, form, variety
(classification) particle physics, high-energy physics, high energy physics
8. the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
(synonym) colour
(hypernym) appearance, visual aspect

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Verb
1. add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
(synonym) colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
(antonym) discolor
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) blackwash
(derivation) coloration, colouration
2. affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
(synonym) tinge, colour, distort
(hypernym) affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
3. modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures"
(synonym) colour
(hypernym) influence, act upon, work
4. decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones"
(synonym) colour, emblazon
(hypernym) decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
(hyponym) miniate
(derivation) colorist
5. gloss or excuse; "color a lie"
(synonym) colour, gloss
(hypernym) apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
6. change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
(synonym) discolor, discolour, colour
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) blush, crimson, flush, redden
(derivation) colour, coloring, colouring

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Adjective
1. having or capable of producing colors; "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"
(synonym) colour
(antonym) black-and-white, black and white(p)
(classification) photography, picture taking

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Color
  

(n.)
The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color.
  

(n.)
Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation.
  

breaking; bruising small; gold; coloring