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[ˈkʌlə] noun I

1) [C/U] red, blue, green, yellow etc

Pink is my favourite colour.[/ex]

a light brown colour[/ex]

Many fruits change colour as they become ripe.[/ex]

His hair is reddish in colour.[/ex]

2) [U] the quality of having colour

Pot plants add colour to a room.[/ex]

Are the pictures in colour or black and white?[/ex]

3) [C/U] the colour of someone's skin as a sign of their race

people of all creeds and colours[/ex]

4) [U] the colour of someone's face when it shows how they are feeling

Suddenly, the colour drained from his cheeks.[/ex]

5) [U] interest or excitement

The examples chosen add colour to the writing.[/ex]

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See:

flying I,

off-colour

Talking or writing about colours general ■ shade one of the light or dark types of a particular colour ■ tone one of the different types of a particular colour dark colours ■ dark used for describing colours that look more like black than like white ■ deep used for describing dark colours that look attractive ■ rich used for describing dark colours that look beautiful and expensive bright colours ■ bright strong and noticeable ■ colourful brightly coloured, or having a lot of bright colours ■ loud bright in a way that you think looks silly or ugly pale colours ■ pale like white with a small amount of a colour mixed in ■ light pale II

verb

colour [ˈkʌlə]

1) [T] to add colour to something, or to make it a different colour

I think I'll colour my hair.[/ex]

2) [T] to affect someone's decision or opinion about something

Don't allow your friends' opinions to colour your judgment.[/ex]

3) [I/T] to use pens, pencils, or CRAYONS to add colour to a picture

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- colour (sth) in

Word family: colour Words in the same family as colour ● coloured adj ● discoloured adj ● colourful adj ● colourless adj ● colouring n ● multicoloured adj III

adj

colour [ˈkʌlə]

1) a colour photograph, magazine etc is in colour, not black and white

2) a colour television, MONITOR etc shows colour pictures or images