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noun(col-or)a phenomenon of light (such as red, brown, pink, or gray) or visual perception that enables one to differentiate otherwise identical objects
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noun(col-or)the aspect of the appearance of objects and light sources that may be described in terms of hue, lightness, and saturation for objects and hue, brightness, and saturation for light sources; also : a specific combination of hue, saturation, and lightness or brightness
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noun(col-or)a color other than and as contrasted with black, white, or gray
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verb(col-or)to give color to
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verb(col-or)to change the color of (as by dyeing, staining, or painting)
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verb(col-or)to change as if by dyeing or painting: such as
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noun(col-or)a barrier preventing persons of color from participating with whites in various activities —called also color line
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noun(col-or)one who carries a color or standard especially in a military parade or drill
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adjective(col-or)affected with partial or total inability to distinguish one or more chromatic colors
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adjective(col-or)insensitive, oblivious
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adjective(col-or)not influenced by differences of race; especially : free from racial prejudice
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noun(col-or)abstract painting in which color is emphasized and form and surface are correspondingly de-emphasized
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noun(col-or)filter
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noun(col-or)an honor guard for the colors of an organization
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noun(col-or)a system for categorizing all possible colors in terms of numbers representing proportions of basic hues