COLOURS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

Middle English: from Old French colour (noun), colourer (verb), from Latin color (noun), colorare (verb)

the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light

property of affecting eye by reflecting or emitting light

• the lights flickered and changed colour

pigmentation of the skin, especially as an indication of someone's ethnicity

pigmentation of skin

• discrimination on the basis of colour

vivid appearance resulting from the juxtaposition of many bright things

vivid appearance

• for colour, plant groups of winter-flowering pansies

an item or items of a particular colour worn to identify or distinguish an individual or a member of a group, in particular a jockey or a member of a sports team

coloured item worn as identification

• it was Devon Loch's first victory in the colours of his royal owner
• it will be strange running on to the pitch in another team's colours

a shade of meaning

shade of meaning

• many events in her past had taken on a different colour

a quantized property of quarks which can take three values (designated blue, green, and red) for each flavour.

property of quarks

• color

change the colour of (something) by painting, dyeing, or shading it

change colour of

• he coloured her hair with a selection of blonde and brown shades

(of a person or their skin) show embarrassment or shame by becoming red; blush

blush

• she coloured slightly

influence, especially in a negative way; distort

influence or distort

• the experiences had coloured her whole existence

• color