change-up
change-of-pace
change-of-pace ball
off-speed pitch | a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball |
about-face volte-face
reversal policy change | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view, an about-face on foreign policy |
| change | the action of changing something, the change of government had no impact on the economy, his change on abortion cost him the election |
| pitching change | replacing a pitcher in baseball |
| change of state | the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics |
| oil change | replacing dirty oil with clean |
| change of color | an act that changes the light that something reflects |
change of direction
reorientation | the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented |
| change of course | a change in the direction that you are moving |
| change of magnitude | the act of changing the amount or size of something |
| change of integrity | the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something |
| change of shape | an action that changes the shape of something |
| change ringing | ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually changing |
| change | a different or fresh set of clothes, she brought a change in her overnight bag |
| change | a thing that is different, he inspected several changes before selecting one |
color television
colour television
color television system
colour television system
color TV
colour TV | a television that transmits images in color |
color tube
colour tube
color television tube
colour television tube
color TV tube
colour TV tube | a television tube that displays images in full color |
color wash
colour wash | a wash of whitewash or other water-base paint tinted with a colored pigment |
oil oil color
oil colour | oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist |
tempera
poster paint
poster color
poster colour | pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk |
| color colour | the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation |
semblance
gloss color 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 |
color of law
colour of law | a mere semblance of legal right, something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law, the plaintiff claimed that under color of law the officer had deprived him of his civil rights |
| variety change | a difference that is usually pleasant, he goes to France for variety, it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic |
color
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 |
primary color
primary colour | any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing |
primary color for pigments
primary colour for pigments | any of three pigments from which all colors can be obtained by mixing, the primary colors for pigments are red, blue, and yellow |
primary color for light
primary colour for light | any of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixing, the primary colors for light are red, blue, and green |
primary subtractive color for light
primary subtractive colour for light | any of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white light, the primary subtractive colors for light are magenta, cyan, and yellow |
chromatic color
chromatic colour
spectral color
spectral colour | a color that has hue |
achromatic color
achromatic colour | a color lacking hue, white or grey or black |
complexion
skin color
skin colour | the coloring of a person's face |
nonsolid color
nonsolid colour
dithered color
dithered colour | a color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color |
| color colour coloration colouration | the timbre of a musical sound, the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music |
| color colour vividness | interest and variety and intensity, the Puritan Period was lacking in color, the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness |
color bar
colour bar
color line
colour line
Jim Crow | barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites |
color constancy
colour constancy | the tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditions |
reversal
change of mind
flip-flop
turnabout
turnaround | a decision to reverse an earlier decision |
| color colour | (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction, each flavor of quarks comes in three colors |
| colour supplement | (British) a magazine that is printed in color and circulated with a newspaper (especially on weekends) |
change
alteration
modification | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another, the change was intended to increase sales, this storm is certainly a change for the worse, the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago |
change of location
travel | a movement through space that changes the location of something |
| sea change | a profound transformation |
| sex change | a change in a person's physical sexual characteristics (as by surgery and hormone treatments) |
coloring
colouring
food coloring
food colouring
food color
food colour | a digestible substance used to give color to food, food color made from vegetable dyes |
color scheme
colour scheme | a planned combination of colors, the color scheme for this room was determined by an interior decorator |
color
colour
people of color
people of colour | a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks) |
| bureau de change | (French) an establishment where you can exchange foreign money |
person of color
person of colour | (formal) any non-European non-white person |
| change | the result of alteration or modification, there were marked changes in the lining of the lungs, there had been no change in the mountains |