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 |
lampshade
lamp shade | a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view |
oil oil color
oil colour | oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist |
| shade | protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight, they used umbrellas as shades, as the sun moved he readjusted the shade |
| shade | a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment) |
tempera
poster paint
poster color
poster colour | pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk |
| window shade | an opaque window blind that can cover or uncover a window |
| 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 |
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 |
shade
tint
tincture
tone | a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color, after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted |
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 |
| color colour | (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction, each flavor of quarks comes in three colors |
ghost
shade spook
wraith
specter
spectre | a mental representation of some haunting experience, he looked like he had seen a ghost, it aroused specters from his past |
| colour supplement | (British) a magazine that is printed in color and circulated with a newspaper (especially on weekends) |
nuance
nicety
shade
subtlety
refinement | a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude, without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor, don't argue about shades of meaning |
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) |
person of color
person of colour | (formal) any non-European non-white person |
| shade tree | a tree planted or valued chiefly for its shade from sunlight |
tad
shade | a slight amount or degree of difference, a tad too expensive, not a tad of difference, the new model is a shade better than the old one |
| shade | a position of relative inferiority, an achievement that puts everything else in the shade, his brother's success left him in the shade |
shade
shadiness
shadowiness | relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body, it is much cooler in the shade, there's too much shadiness to take good photographs |
color blindness
colour blindness
color vision deficiency
colour vision deficiency | genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue |
red-green dichromacy
red-green color blindness
red-green colour blindness | confusion of red and green |
basic dye
basic color
basic colour | a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion |
coloring material
colouring material
color
colour | any material used for its color, she used a different color for the trim |
| shade | pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree, the butterfly wings shade to yellow |
| shade | vary slightly, shade the meaning |
discolor
discolour
colour
color | change color, often in an undesired manner, The shirts discolored |
color
colorize colorise colourise colourize colour color in
colour in | add color to, The child colored the drawings, Fall colored the trees, colorize black and white film |
tinge d color
colour distort | affect as in thought or feeling, My personal feelings color my judgment in this case, The sadness tinged his life |
| color colour gloss | give a deceptive explanation or excuse for, color a lie |
| correspond | exchange messages, My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years |
| shade | protect from light, heat, or view, Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight |