colour meaning
EN
[ˈkʌl.ə(ɹ)] [ˈkʌl.ɚ] [-ʌlə(ɹ)] 
US WColour
- NounPLcoloursPREcolo-
- NU The spectral composition of visible light.
- Humans and birds can perceive colour.
- NC A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
- Most languages have names for the colours black, white, red, and green.
- NU Hue as opposed to achromatic colours (black, white and greys).
- He referred to the white flag as one "drained of all colour".
- NU Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
- Colour has been a sensitive issue in many societies.
- (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
- a bit of local colour
- (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert. Contrast with metal.
- (in the plural) A standard or banner.
- The loss of their colours destroyed the regiment's morale.
- The system of colour television.
- This film is broadcast in colour.
- (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
- He was awarded colours for his football.
- In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing quarterly results when an officer of a company is speaking to investment analysts.
- Could you give me some colour with regards to which products made up the mix of revenue for this quarter?
- (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons.
- (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
- (snooker) Any of the coloured balls excluding the reds.
- A front or façade: an ostensible truth actually false.
- An appearance of right or authority.
- Under colour of law, he managed to bilk taxpayers of millions of dollars.
- (medicine) Skin colour noted as: normal, jaundice, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.
- NU The spectral composition of visible light.
- VerbSGcoloursPRcolouringPT, PPcoloured
- To give something colour.
- We could colour the walls red.
- VI To apply colours to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using coloured markers or crayons.
- My kindergartener loves to colour.
- (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
- Her face coloured as she realised her mistake.
- To affect without completely changing.
- That interpretation certainly colours my perception of the book.
- INF To attribute a quality to.
- Colour me confused.
- (mathematics) To assign colours to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two adjacent ones have the same colour.
- Can this graph be two-coloured?
- You can colour any map with four colours.
- To give something colour.
- Adjective
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- There's little sense of occasion in going to the cinema today, but the hows and wheres of viewing a film can deeply colour the whole viewing experience.
- Could you give me some colour with regards to which products made up the mix of revenue for this quarter?
- And now thousands of funny people with brightly coloured outdoor clothing and maps in plastic mapholders follow in their footsteps, ticking them off.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Colour television and films were considered a great improvement over black and white.
- Colour has been a sensitive issue in many societies.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- A luminarium is a monumental walk-in sculpture which people enter to be moved by a sense of wonder at the beauty of light and colour.
- The organisation was officially concerned with economic development but after the memo was leaked people began to see them in their true colours.
- The sun, treading the earth like a vintager, drew from it heady fragrances, crushed out of it new colours.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of colour in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Adjectives
- en coloured
- en colourless
- en colourful
- en colouration
- en colours
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "colour" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb.