color; colour; coloring; colouring




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"

Antonym:
  • colorlessness; colourlessness; achromatism; achromaticity

Type of:
  • visual property

Types:
  • primary color; primary colour
  • heather mixture; heather
  • mottle
  • shade; tint; tincture; tone
  • chromatic color; chromatic colour; spectral color; spectral colour
  • achromatic color; achromatic colour
  • coloration; colouration
  • complexion; skin color; skin colour
  • nonsolid color; nonsolid colour; dithered color; dithered colour


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