Definition of color

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Color (v. t.) To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices..

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Lisbon :: Lisbon (n.) A sweet, light-colored species of wine, produced in the province of Estremadura, and so called as being shipped from Lisbon, in Portugal..
Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) A small oven for baking and fixing the colors of painted or printed pottery, without exposing the pottery to the flames of the furnace or kiln..
Covellite :: Covellite (n.) A native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; -- hence called indigo copper..
Gay :: Gay (superl.) Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed.
Stile :: Stilbite (n.) A common mineral of the zeolite family, a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime, usually occurring in sheaflike aggregations of crystals, also in radiated masses. It is of a white or yellowish color, with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. Called also desmine..
Blushing :: Blushing (n.) The act of turning red; the appearance of a reddish color or flush upon the cheeks.
Blowzed :: Blowzed (a.) Having high color from exposure to the weather; ruddy-faced; blowzy; disordered.
Red :: Red (n.) The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these..
Sober :: Sober (superl.) Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate..
Desert :: Desert (v. t.) To abandon (the service) without leave; to forsake in violation of duty; to abscond from; as, to desert the army; to desert one's colors..
Pastel :: Pastel (n.) A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water.
Russet :: Russet (n.) An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet..
Feldspath :: Feldspath (n.) A name given to a group of minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of alumina with either potash, soda, lime, or, in one case, baryta. They occur in crystals and crystalline masses, vitreous in luster, and breaking rather easily in two directions at right angles to each other, or nearly so. The colors are usually white or nearly white, flesh-red, bluish, or greenish..
High-colored :: High-colored (a.) Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed..
Colorless :: Colorless (a.) Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style; definitions should be colorless..
Tricolored :: Tricolored (a.) Having three colors.
Erythema :: Erythema (n.) A disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size..
Susceptible :: Susceptible (a.) Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration..
Phenacite :: Phenacite (n.) A glassy colorless mineral occurring in rhombohedral crystals, sometimes used as a gem. It is a silicate of glucina, and receives its name from its deceptive similarity to quartz..
Ethylene :: Ethylene (n.) A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concentrated sulphuric acid in alcohol. It is an unsaturated compound and combines directly with chlorine and bromine to form oily liquids (Dutch liquid), -- hence called olefiant gas. Called also ethene, elayl, and formerly, bicarbureted hydrogen..
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