Wordcyclopedia | English | color balance shift

color

— 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 — verb (= colorize, colour) add color to The child colored the drawings Fall colored the trees colorize black and white film — noun (= colour, vividness) interest and variety and intensity the Puritan Period was lacking in color the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness — adjective (= colour) having or capable of producing colors color film he rented a color television marvelous color illustrations — noun (= colour) the timbre of a musical sound the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music — noun a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks) — verb (= tinge, colour) affect as in thought or feeling My personal feelings color my judgment in this case The sadness tinged his life — verb (= colour) modify or bias His political ideas color his lectures — 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 — 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 — noun (= colour) (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction each flavor of quarks comes in three colors — verb (= colour) decorate with colors color the walls with paint in warm tones — verb (= colour) give a deceptive explanation or excuse for color a lie — noun (= colour) any material used for its color she used a different color for the trim — verb (= discolor, discolour, colour) change color, often in an undesired manner The shirts discolored

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balance Noun

— If something is in balance, it has equal amounts all around. She was walking on a thin line, but lost her balance and fell down. This plan has a good balance of new and old ideas. — The balance in your bank account is the amount of money you have in the account. — A type of scale where there are two parts.

balance Verb

— If you balance something, you make it have equal amounts all around. The bird balanced easily on the wire for a few moments before flying off. A good manager has to balance the costs and benefits of doing business.

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shift Verb

— If something shifts, it moves. The talk about crime has shifted from causes to solutions. The desert sands are constantly shifting. Let's shift our seats so we can see the stage better.

shift Noun

— A shift is a movement. There has been a major shift in thinking about how to deal with this. — A shift is the time that workers start and finish work. I'm working the night shift this week. — The shift key on a computer changes from small to big letters.

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