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color

/ˈkʌlɚ/

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noun

US or Brit colour , pl -ors

a quality such as red, blue, green, yellow, etc., that you see when you look at something [count]

The color of blood is red.

What color are your eyes?

What color paint shall we use?

Blue and green are my favorite colors.

The pillows are all different colors. [noncount]

The room needs more color.

In early summer the garden is full of color.

She added color to her outfit with a bright scarf.

The leaves are starting to change color. [=turn from green to orange, yellow, red, etc.]

His eyes were bluish-green in color.

She used red peppers in the salad for color. [=to make it more colorful]

see pictures of colors starting on page C

something used to give color to something :a pigment or dye [count]

She's using a new lip/nail color.

The color bled when I washed the shirt. [noncount]

a brand of hair color

[noncount] the use or combination of colors

a painter who is a master of color

b - used to describe a photograph, televison picture, etc., that includes colors and that is not black and white

The book includes over 100 photographs in (full) color. [=not black and white] - often used before another noun

a color photograph

color printing/television - see also in living color at living

[noncount] :the color of a person's skin as a mark of race

discrimination on the basis of sex or color

A person of color is a person who is not white.

The book is about her experience as a woman of color in a mostly white community.

[noncount] :a pink or red tone in a person's face especially because of good health, excitement, or embarrassment

His color is not good. [=he looks ill]

She has some good color in her cheeks.

He could feel the color rising in his cheeks. [=he could feel himself blushing]

The color drained from her face. [=the blood left her face; she became very pale]

colors [plural] :something (such as a flag) that shows that someone or something belongs to a specific group

The ship sails under Swedish colors.

[noncount] :interest or excitement

Her comments added color to the broadcast. [=made the broadcast more enjoyable or entertaining] - see also local color, off-color

a horse of a different color

xem horse

show your true colors

to show what you are really like :to reveal your real nature or character

He seemed nice at first, but he showed his true colors during the crisis.

with flying colors

xem flying

verb

US or Brit colour -ors; -ored; -oring

[+ obj] :to give color to (something) :to change the color of (something)

We colored the water with red ink.

Does she color [=dye] her hair?

to draw with crayons, markers, colored pencils, etc. :to fill in a shape or picture using markers, crayons, colored pencils, etc. [no obj]

The children were busy coloring in their coloring books. [+ obj]

My nephew colored a picture for me.

The child colored the sky blue and the sun yellow. - see also color in (below)

[+ obj] :to change (someone's ideas, opinion, attitude, etc.) in some way

He never lets rumors color [=influence, affect] his opinion of anyone. - often used as (be) colored

Her judgment was colored by reports of the student's behavioral problems.

His feelings about divorce are colored by his own experience as a child.

[no obj] literary :to become red in the face especially because of embarrassment

She colors [=blushes] easily. - often + at

She colored at the mention of his name.

color in

[phrasal verb]

color in (something) or color (something) in :to add color to (a shape or picture) by using markers, crayons, colored pencils etc.

She colored in the picture. - see also 2color 2 (above)

* Các từ tương tự:
color guard, color line, color scheme, colorant, coloration, coloratura, color-blind, colorectal, colored