Definition of color

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Color (v. t.) To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain..

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Tantalite :: Tantalite (n.) A heavy mineral of an iron-black color and submetallic luster. It is essentially a tantalate of iron.
Vulpinite :: Vulpinite (n.) A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish white color, used for ornamental purposes..
Rosaniline :: Rosaniline (n.) A complex nitrogenous base, C20H21N3O, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, as a colorless crystalline substance which forms red salts. These salts are essential components of many of the socalled aniline dyes, as fuchsine, aniline red, etc. By extension, any one of the series of substances derived from, or related to, rosaniline proper..
Zinnia :: Zinnia (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Zinnia, Mexican herbs with opposite leaves and large gay-colored blossoms. Zinnia elegans is the commonest species in cultivation..
Ductor :: Ductor (n.) A contrivance for removing superfluous ink or coloring matter from a roller. See Doctor, 4..
Color :: Color (n.) The hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion.
Decoloration :: Decoloration (n.) The removal or absence of color.
Carmine :: Carmine (n.) The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also carminic acid..
Daltonian :: Daltonian (n.) One afflicted with color blindness.
Xanthoprotein :: Xanthoprotein (n.) A yellow acid substance formed by the action of hot nitric acid on albuminous or proteid matter. It is changed to a deep orange-yellow color by the addition of ammonia.
Colored :: Colored (a.) Of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people..
Guiacol :: Guiacol (n.) A colorless liquid, C6H4,OCH3.OH, resembling the phenols, found as a constituent of woodtar creosote, aud produced by the dry distillation of guaiac resin..
Colored :: Colored (a.) Of some other color than green.
Steatitic :: Steatite (n.) A massive variety of talc, of a grayish green or brown color. It forms extensive beds, and is quarried for fireplaces and for coarse utensils. Called also potstone, lard stone, and soapstone..
Pounce :: Pounce (n.) Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc..
Musk :: Musk (n.) A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor..
Litmus :: Litmus (n.) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein..
Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To cover with a thin or watery coat of color; to tint lightly and thinly.
Entermewer :: Entermewer (n.) A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year..
White :: White (n.) Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye..
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