colour

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If you want to help the disadvantaged then help the disadvantaged not "all the disadvantaged with the right skin colour".

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Quick take

any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of colour gathered in one view.

noun

any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim"

noun

a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)

noun

(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for colour.

noun

any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim"

See also: color

noun

a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)

See also: color

noun

(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"

See also: color

noun

interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"

noun

the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"

See also: color, coloration, colouration

noun

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"

noun

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

See also: color

verb

modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures"

See also: color

verb

decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones"

verb

give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie"

verb

affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"

verb

add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"

See also: color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize

verb

change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"

adjective

having or capable of producing colors; "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"

See also: color

Example sentences

If you want to help the disadvantaged then help the disadvantaged not "all the disadvantaged with the right skin colour".

"colour"-people: and why cannot we have the same level of granularity?Uniword: because you have too many words!!!

I imagine this could do something similar, and a nice colour palette is a little more classy than a monster.

If you think this is a trend of the past decade, then you either weren't a gamer in the '90s, or you are letting nostalgia colour your perceptions.

"colour"-people: but do you need to do that in your applications?Uniword: no, we have one code for every single word in our languages, including codes for very old languages that exist only in two palimpsests.

The change for me was due to a change in working environment, and I imagine that's the difference for a lot of people: if you're in a brightly lit room anyway, then the colours becoming weird is just going to be irritating.

However, to make broad, sweeping generalisations about someone based on a single fact - whether it's the fact that they have an MBA, what school they went to or the colour of their skin - is pretty foolish because the exceptions will bite you on the ass.

Where do you stop?It's worth being aware of so you know to take such things into account, you never know when such views might introduce an unwritten assumption or colour a conclusion, but if it's not relevant to the material then it's a side issue.

But colour me happy exactly for that reason, because HN exceeded all of my expectations in the last weeks -- I learned so much from reading the discussions, and read so many comments that made me feel optimistic about the ability of people to think.