Definition of color

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Color (n.) A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc..

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Alloxan :: Alloxan (n.) An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol..
Dulse :: Dulse (n.) A seaweed of a reddish brown color, which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland. The true dulse is Sarcophyllis edulis; the common is Rhodymenia. [Written also dillisk.].
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves entire. The fruit is of great size, weighing from thirty to forty pounds, and through its soft fibrous matter are scattered the seeds, which are roasted and eaten. The wood is of a yellow color, fine grain, and rather heavy, and is much used in cabinetwork. It is also used for dyeing a brilliant yellow..
Litchi :: Litchi (n.) The fruit of a tree native to China (Nephelium Litchi). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form..
Pallor :: Pallor (a.) Paleness; want of color; pallidity; as, pallor of the complexion..
Brazilin :: Brazilin (n.) A substance contained in both Brazil wood and Sapan wood, from which it is extracted as a yellow crystalline substance which is white when pure. It is colored intensely red by alkalies..
Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading..
Whally :: Whally (a.) Having the iris of light color; -- said of horses.
Salute :: Salute (v.) A token of respect or honor for some distinguished or official personage, for a foreign vessel or flag, or for some festival or event, as by presenting arms, by a discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, dipping the colors or the topsails, etc..
Melanism :: Melanism (n.) An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.
Stercolin :: Stercobilin (n.) A coloring matter found in the faeces, a product of the alteration of the bile pigments in the intestinal canal, -- identical with hydrobilirubin..
Vulpinite :: Vulpinite (n.) A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish white color, used for ornamental purposes..
Granite :: Granite (n.) A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefore in being destitute of a schistose structure..
Ensanguine :: Ensanguine (v. t.) To stain or cover with blood; to make bloody, or of a blood-red color; as, an ensanguined hue..
Stellulate :: Stellular (a.) Marked with starlike spots of color.
Chlorocruorin :: Chlorocruorin (n.) A green substance, supposed to be the cause of the green color of the blood in some species of worms..
Cast :: Cast (n.) A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
Adjunct :: Adjunct (n.) A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind..
Tincture :: Tincture (n.) A solution (commonly colored) of medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit containing medicinal substances in solution..
Megilph :: Megilph (n.) A gelatinous compound of linseed oil and mastic varnish, used by artists as a vehicle for colors..
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