📒 the appearance that things have that results from the way in which they reflect light. Red, orange and green are colours.
- What's your favourite colour?
- bright/vibrant/bold colours
- She always wears dark colours.
📒 the use of all the colours, not only black and white
- the introduction of colour television in the UK in 1967
- colour photographs
- a colour printer
📒 the colour of a person’s skin, seen as showing that they belong to a particular race
- Discrimination on the grounds of race, religion or colour was outlawed.
- people of all ages, genders, creeds and colours
- to discriminate on the basis of colour
📒 a red or pink colour in somebody’s face, especially when it shows that they look healthy or that they are embarrassed
- The fresh air brought colour to their cheeks.
- Colour flooded her face when she thought of what had happened.
- His face was drained of colour (= he looked pale and ill).
📒 a substance that is used to give colour to something
- a semi-permanent hair colour that lasts six to eight washes
- This colour runs, so wash the shirt separately.
📒 interesting and exciting details or qualities
- The old town is full of colour and attractions.
- Her acting added warmth and colour to the production.
- to add/give/lend colour to something (= make it brighter, more interesting, etc.)
📒 the particular colours that are used on clothes, flags, etc. to represent a team, school, political party or country
- Red and white are the team colours.
- Spain’s national colours
- (figurative) There are people of different political colours on the committee.
📒 a flag, badge, etc. that represents a team, country, ship, etc.
- Most buildings had a flagpole with the national colours flying.
- sailing under the French colours
📒 to make something seem true or likely
- Most of the available evidence lends colour to this view.
📒 to say publicly and clearly what you believe or who you support
📒 who is not white
- people of colour
- As a woman of colour, this concerns me.
- a literary prize for writers of colour
📒 to make sure that somebody has enough money to pay for something
- You need to see the colour of his money before you sell him the car.
📒 your real character, rather than the one that you usually allow other people to see
- It was only after they got married that he showed himself in his true colours.
📒 very well; with a very high mark
- She passed the exam with flying colours.