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1. the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
Synonym: color
2. an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
e.g. 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
3. a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
e.g. a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light
Synonym: colorcoloringcolouring
4. the timbre of a musical sound
e.g. the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
Synonym: colorcolorationcolouration
5. interest and variety and intensity
e.g. the Puritan Period was lacking in color
the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness
6. (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
e.g. each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
Synonym: color
7. a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
Synonym: colorpeople of colorpeople of colour
8. any material used for its color
e.g. she used a different color for the trim