Want to find out what does the word colour mean? We gathered all the possible definitions of the word colour on our website. Our definition dictionary is updated all the time with new definitions and is ready to help you.
colour
Part of speech: NounThe hue or appearance that a body presents to the eye; dye or tinge; anything used to give or impart colour to a body; a paint; appearance to the mind; false show.
Part of speech: Part of speech: VerbTo alter or change the outward appearance of any body or substance; to tinge; to dye; to give a specious appearance to; to make plausible; to blush.
Usage examples "colour":- Not a trace of colour appeared in her face under Esterbrook Elliott's burning gaze. - "Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901", Lucy Maud Montgomery.
- And now the colour coming back to her cheek, Moll turns to him, and says: " I thought you would have come again. - "A Set of Rogues", Frank Barrett.
- She wore a dark blue dress, which was a lovely bit of colour against the white wall. - "Lord John in New York", C. N. Williamson A. M. Williamson.