Antonyms for color
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : kuhl-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌl ər |
Definition of color
Origin :- early 13c., "skin color, complexion," from Old French color "color, complexion, appearance" (Modern French couleur), from Latin color "color of the skin; color in general, hue; appearance," from Old Latin colos, originally "a covering" (akin to celare "to hide, conceal"), from PIE root *kel- "to cover, conceal" (see cell).
- For sense evolution, cf. Sanskrit varnah "covering, color," related to vrnoti "covers," and also see chroma. Meaning "visible color, color of something" is attested in English from c.1300. As "color as a property of things," from late 14c. Old English words for "color" were hiw ("hue"), bleo.
- noun pigment, shade
- noun deceptive appearance
- verb make pigmented; shade
- verb distort, exaggerate
- She quietly yielded, but her color came and went, and her lips moved as if to speak.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- A ghost of color was going up her throat, staining her cheeks.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- He went on until the sun was low in the west and all the sky was rimmed with color.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- "I wish I could agree with you," laughed Grace, her color rising.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- No color, only light came to the surface of it, and broke in the loveliest smile.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Only the whites of the eggs are used, and so the cake is white in color.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Excitement had dyed Sidney's cheeks with color and made her eyes luminous.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Wilson was breathing quietly: his color was coming up, as he rallied from the shock.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The faintest suspicion of a tinge of color crept into his cheeks.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- And she says: 'How old is the young lady, and what's her size, and what's her color?'
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
Synonyms for color
- adorn
- angle
- belie
- blacken
- bloom
- blush
- burn
- cast
- chalk
- chroma
- chromaticity
- chromatism
- chromism
- colorant
- coloration
- coloring
- complexion
- cook up
- crayon
- crimson
- darken
- daub
- deception
- disguise
- doctor
- dye
- embellish
- emblazon
- embroider
- enamel
- enliven
- excuse
- facade
- face
- fake
- false show
- falsify
- flush
- fresco
- front
- fudge
- garble
- gild
- glaze
- gloss
- gloss over
- glow
- guise
- hue
- illuminate
- imbue
- infuse
- intensity
- iridescence
- lacquer
- luminosity
- magnify
- mask
- misrepresent
- misstate
- overstate
- pad
- paint
- pervert
- pigment
- pigmentation
- pinken
- plea
- polychromasia
- prejudice
- pretense
- pretext
- put-on
- redden
- rouge
- saturation
- semblance
- show
- slant
- stain
- stipple
- suffuse
- taint
- tinct
- tincture
- tinge
- tint
- tone
- twist
- undertone
- value
- variegate
- warp
- wash
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