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1.nounThe spectral composition of visible light"Humans and birds can perceive color."
2.nounA subset thereof:
3.nounA paint."The artist took out her colors and began work on a landscape."
4.nounHuman skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity."Color has been a sensitive issue in many societies."
5.nounSkin color, noted as normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.
6.nounA flushed appearance of blood in the face; redness of complexion.
7.nounRichness of expression; detail or flavour that is likely to generate interest or enjoyment."Could you give me some color with regards to which products made up the mix of revenue for this quarter?"
8.nounA standard, flag, or insignia:
9.noun(in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university."He was awarded colors for his football."
10.noun(in the plural) The morning ceremony of raising the flag.
11.nounA property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons.
12.nounA 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.nounThe relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page. (See type color.)
14.nounAny of the colored balls excluding the reds.
15.nounA front or facade; an ostensible truth actually false; pretext.
16.nounAn appearance of right or authority; color of law."Under color of law, he managed to bilk taxpayers of millions of dollars."
17.verbTo give something color."We could color the walls red."
18.verbTo apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons."My kindergartener loves to color."
19.verb(of a person or their face) To become red through increased blood flow."Her face colored as she realized her mistake."
20.verbTo affect without completely changing."That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book."
21.verbTo attribute a quality to; to portray (as)."Color me confused."
22.verbTo 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."Can this graph be 2-colored?"
23.adjectiveConveying color, as opposed to shades of gray."Color television and movies were considered a great improvement over black and white."