English Dictionary

color

/ˈkʌl.ɚ/

noun

(uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light. / (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.

The sky is a beautiful color.

意味（1）

(uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.

Humans and birds can perceive color.

意味（2）

(countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.

Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red, and green.

意味（3）

(uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).

He referred to the white flag as one drained of all color.

意味（4）

These hues as used in color television or films, color photographs, etc (as opposed to the shades of grey used in black-and-white television).

This film is broadcast in color. Most people dream in color, but some dream in black and white.

意味（5）

(heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert.

意味（6）

A paint.

The artist took out her colors and began work on a landscape.

意味（7）

(uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.

Color has been a sensitive issue in many societies.

意味（8）

(medicine) Skin color, noted as normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.

意味（9）

A flushed appearance of blood in the face; redness of complexion.

[…] her very embarrassment wore a graceful air; her high colour had softened down to a warm, delicate tint; and her dress, which looked beautifully new and fresh, was in good taste, and showed her off to advantage.

意味（10）

(figuratively) Richness of expression; detail or flavour that is likely to generate interest or enjoyment.

There is a great deal of colour in his writing.

意味（11）

(in the plural) A standard or banner.

The loss of their colors destroyed the regiment's morale.

意味（12）

(in the plural) The flag of a nation or team.

The colors were raised over the new territory.

意味（13）

(in the plural) Gang insignia.

Both of the perpetrators were wearing colors.

意味（14）

(in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.

He was awarded colors for his football.

意味（15）

(military, in the plural) The morning ceremony of raising the flag.

意味（16）

(physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons; color charge.

意味（17）

(finance, uncountable) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.

意味（18）

(typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page. (See type color on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)

意味（19）

(snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.

意味（20）

A front or facade; an ostensible truth actually false; pretext.

At the far end of the continuum, Roger Seagraves collected personal items from people he'd murdered, or assassinated rather, since he'd done it under the color of serving his country.

意味（21）

An appearance of right or authority; color of law.

Under color of law, he managed to bilk taxpayers of millions of dollars.