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color
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noun
(= colour, coloring, colouring)
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
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verb
(= colorize, colour)
add color to
The child colored the drawings
Fall colored the trees
colorize black and white film
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noun
(= colour, vividness)
interest and variety and intensity
the Puritan Period was lacking in color
the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness
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adjective
(= colour)
having or capable of producing colors
color film
he rented a color television
marvelous color illustrations
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noun
(= colour)
the timbre of a musical sound
the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
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noun
a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
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verb
(= tinge, colour)
affect as in thought or feeling
My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
The sadness tinged his life
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verb
(= colour)
modify or bias
His political ideas color his lectures
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noun
(= semblance, gloss, colour)
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
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noun
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
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noun
(= colour)
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
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verb
(= colour)
decorate with colors
color the walls with paint in warm tones
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verb
(= colour)
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
color a lie
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noun
(= colour)
any material used for its color
she used a different color for the trim
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verb
(= discolor, discolour, colour)
change color, often in an undesired manner
The shirts discolored
graphic
Adjective
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Graphic means something is very clearly described, so that you can easily imagine what it looks like.
People were upset by the graphic violence in the movie because it looked so real.
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Graphic means writing or other written symbols.
The ancient Egyptians used graphic symbols called hieroglyphs to write.
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Graphic is to show information using a graph.
His diagrams gave a graphic view of the increase in crime.
graphic
Noun
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A graphic is a picture used to help give meaning to writing.
The railway station had a graphic of a man on the door of the male toilets.
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A graphic is an image made on a computer.
The new video game was popular because it had great graphics.
adapter
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noun
device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible
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noun
(= arranger)
a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance