Synonyms for color
ˈkʌl ərcol·or

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1. color

   A pretense, in the unfavorable, which is also the usual sense, is something advanced or displayed for the purpose of concealing the reality. A person makes a pretense of something for the credit or advantage to be gained by it; he makes what is allowed or approved a pretext for doing what would be opposed or condemned; a tricky schoolboy makes a pretense of doing an errand which he does not do, or he makes the actual doing of an errand a pretext for playing truant. A ruse is something (especially something slight or petty) employed to blind or deceive so as to mask an ulterior design, and enable a person to gain some end that he would not be allowed to approach directly. A pretension is a claim that is or may be contested; the word is now commonly used in an unfavorable sense. Compare ARTIFICE; HYPOCRISY.

   Synonyms:
   affectation, air, assumption, cloak, disguise, dissimulation, excuse, mask, pretense, pretension, pretext, ruse, seeming, semblance, show, simulation, subterfuge, trick, wile

   Antonyms:
   actuality, candor, fact, frankness, guilelessness, honesty, ingenuousness, openness, reality, simplicity, sincerity, truth

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1. color

   Synonyms:
   hue, tint, complexion, pretense, speciousness, tinge, garbling, falsification, distortion, perversion, varnish

   Antonyms:
   achromatism, paleness, nakedness, openness, genuineness, transparency, truthfulness

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1. color, colour, coloring, colouringnoun

   a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

   "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"

   Synonyms:
   coloring, colouring, colouring material, people of color, vividness, colour, people of colour, colouration, food colouring, semblance, coloration, food color, gloss, food coloring, coloring material, food colour

   Antonyms:
   achromaticity, colourlessness, colorlessness, achromatism, black-and-white, black and white(p), discolor

2. color, colour, vividnessnoun

   interest and variety and intensity

   "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"

   Synonyms:
   gloss, people of colour, chroma, semblance, coloring, colouration, coloring material, colour, intensity, saturation, colouring material, colouring, vividness, coloration, people of color

   Antonyms:
   achromatism, achromaticity, colorlessness, colourlessness, black-and-white, black and white(p), discolor

3. color, colour, coloration, colourationnoun

   the timbre of a musical sound

   "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"

   Synonyms:
   gloss, people of colour, semblance, coloring, colouration, coloring material, colour, colouring material, colouring, vividness, coloration, people of color

   Antonyms:
   achromatism, achromaticity, colorlessness, colourlessness, black-and-white, black and white(p), discolor

4. color, colour, people of color, people of colournoun

   a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)

   Synonyms:
   gloss, people of colour, semblance, coloring, colouration, coloring material, colour, colouring material, colouring, vividness, coloration, people of color

   Antonyms:
   colourlessness, colorlessness, achromaticity, achromatism, black and white(p), black-and-white, discolor

5. semblance, gloss, color, colournoun

   an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

   "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"

   Synonyms:
   coloring, colouring, illusion, coloring material, polish, glossary, people of colour, vividness, colour, colouring material, glossiness, semblance, likeness, coloration, colouration, rubric, gloss, burnish, people of color

   Antonyms:
   achromatism, colorlessness, colourlessness, achromaticity, black and white(p), black-and-white, discolor

6. coloring material, colouring material, color, colournoun

   any material used for its color

   "she used a different color for the trim"

   Synonyms:
   gloss, people of colour, coloring, colouration, coloring material, colour, colouring material, semblance, colouring, vividness, coloration, people of color

   Antonyms:
   colourlessness, achromaticity, achromatism, colorlessness, black-and-white, black and white(p), discolor

7. color, colournoun

   (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction

   "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"

   Synonyms:
   gloss, people of colour, semblance, coloring, colouration, coloring material, colour, colouring material, colouring, vividness, coloration, people of color

   Antonyms:
   achromatism, achromaticity, colourlessness, colorlessness, black and white(p), black-and-white, discolor

8. color, colouradjective

   the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

   Synonyms:
   gloss, people of colour, semblance, coloring, colouration, coloring material, colour, colouring material, colouring, vividness, coloration, people of color

   Antonyms:
   colourlessness, colorlessness, achromaticity, achromatism, black-and-white, black and white(p), discolor

9. color, colourverb

   having or capable of producing colors

   "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"

   Synonyms:
   colour

   Antonyms:
   achromaticity, colorlessness, achromatism, colourlessness, black-and-white, black and white(p), discolor

10. color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour inverb

    add color to

    "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"

    Synonyms:
    color in, colorize, emblazon, colour, colorise, discolor, tinge, colourise, colourize, gloss, discolour, colour in, distort

    Antonyms:
    colorlessness, colourlessness, achromatism, achromaticity, black and white(p), black-and-white, discolor

11. tinge, color, colour, distortverb

    affect as in thought or feeling

    "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"

    Synonyms:
    warp, discolor, touch, strain, wring, twist, deform, tinct, tint, colourise, colourize, colorize, contort, colour, emblazon, distort, garble, twine, colour in, tinge, color in, gloss, colorise, falsify, discolour

    Antonyms:
    achromatism, achromaticity, colourlessness, colorlessness, black and white(p), black-and-white, discolor

12. color, colourverb

    modify or bias

    "His political ideas color his lectures"

    Synonyms:
    color in, colorize, emblazon, colour, colorise, discolor, tinge, colourise, colourize, gloss, discolour, colour in, distort

    Antonyms:
    achromaticity, colourlessness, achromatism, colorlessness, black and white(p), black-and-white, discolor

13. color, colour, emblazonverb

    decorate with colors

    "color the walls with paint in warm tones"

    Synonyms:
    color in, colorize, emblazon, blazon, colour, colorise, discolor, tinge, colourise, colourize, gloss, discolour, colour in, distort

    Antonyms:
    colourlessness, achromaticity, colorlessness, achromatism, black and white(p), black-and-white, discolor

14. color, colour, glossverb

    give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

    "color a lie"

    Synonyms:
    color in, comment, colorize, emblazon, annotate, colour, colorise, discolor, tinge, colourise, colourize, gloss, discolour, colour in, distort

    Antonyms:
    colorlessness, colourlessness, achromaticity, achromatism, black-and-white, black and white(p), discolor

15. discolor, discolour, colour, colorverb

    change color, often in an undesired manner

    "The shirts discolored"

    Synonyms:
    gloss, colorize, discolor, color in, colorise, colour, tinge, emblazon, colourize, colourise, discolour, colour in, distort

    Antonyms:
    colorlessness, achromaticity, colourlessness, achromatism, black and white(p), black-and-white, discolor

Matched Categories

1. • Affect
   • Appearance
   • Change
   • Excuse
   • High-energy Physics
   • Influence
   • Interest
   • Kind
   • Timbre

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1. chrom

   color like monochrome 1 color

   monochrome rainbow

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

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1. colornoun

   Synonyms:
   hue, tint, tinge, shade

2. colornoun

   Synonyms:
   pigment, paint

3. colornoun

   Synonyms:
   plea, pretext, pretence, excuse, guise, disguise, semblance, appearance, make-shift, false show

4. colorverb

   Synonyms:
   tinge, dye, paint, stain

5. colorverb

   Synonyms:
   disguise, varnish, gloss over, make plausible

6. colorverb

   Synonyms:
   redden, blush, show color

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1. colornoun

   Synonyms:
   hue, shade, tinge, tincture, tint, pigment, paint, dye, stain

   Associated words:
   chromatics, colorific, colorist, chromatism, chromatology, lake, decolorant, mordant, intinctivity, iridescent, iridescence, prismatic, pigmentation, fugacious, fugitive, fugacity, monochromatic, monochrome, polychromy, polychromatic, suffuse, suffusion, imbuement, chromatic, achromatic

2. colornoun

   Associated words:
   polychrome, party-colored, variegated, variegation

3. colornoun

   Synonyms:
   ruddiness, redness, flush, blush, rosiness, semblance, pretext, variety, shade, kind, species

   Antonyms:
   decoloration, colorlessness

4. colornoun

   Synonyms:
   flag

   Antonyms:
   decoloration, colorlessness

5. colorverb

   Synonyms:
   dye, tinge, stain, imbue, tint, tincture, variegate, falsify, pervert, garble, palliate, gloss, distort, blush, flush

   Antonyms:
   decolor, bleach, decolorize

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1. List of paraphrases for "color":

   colour, colors, colored, colours, coloured, coloring, colorful, staining, colourful, complexion, colouring, lone, colouration, coloration, chroma, hue

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1. The President:

   The murder of George Floyd at the hands of police was a horrible tragedy -- one of countless tragedies to befall people of color across the United States. The vast majority of protesters today did so peacefully, toward a common goal of promoting justice and equality, i am deeply thankful for their voices and their positive, forceful message. I also want to express my gratitude to all the police officers and other first responders working to protect the people of Boston from the individuals whose violent actions, looting and property destruction was criminal and cowardly -- and distracted from the powerful statement made today by thousands of Massachusetts residents.

2. Guy Ben-Porat:

   Both cases are about racial profiling -- people feeling they're being targeted by police because of their skin color.

3. Rachel Zoe:

   Candles are essential for me and the iconic fig tree scent by Diptyque is my go-to, i’ve also collected colorful throw blankets throughout the years from designers like Missoni, that I have all over my house to add pops of color and coziness in every room.

4. Michael Bloomberg:

   We will not create the energy and excitement we need to defeat President Donald Trump if that candidate pursued, advocated for and enacted racist policies like stop and frisk which caused communities of color in his city to live in fear, the simple truth is that Mayor Bloomberg with all his money will not create the kind of excitement and energy we need to have the voter turnout we must have to defeat President Donald Trump.

5. Cynthia Marshall:

   I walked into a bad culture, i walked into a place where the women were not valued and treated the way I would like to see them treated. Frankly, I think we had a problem with how we respected and treated people of color. It wasn't a very diverse and inclusive environment when I got there. And so we needed to do some things.