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Definition of Color in
1. Verb. Add color to. "They color in their hair "; "Colorize black and white film"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Blackwash, Motley, Parti-color, Polychrome, Polychromise, Polychromize, Azure, Empurple, Purple, Purpurate, Aurify, Verdigris, Pinkify, Incarnadine, Brown, Embrown, Handcolor, Handcolour, Tinct, Tinge, Tint, Touch, Pigment, Hue, Imbue, Retouch, Silver, Gray, Grey, Tone, Redden, Blotch, Mottle, Streak
Derivative terms: Color, Coloration, Coloring, Coloring, Color, Colouring, Colouring
Antonyms: Discolor
Definition of Color in
1. Verb. To add colors to a black-and-white drawing, using colored drawing equipment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Color In
Literary usage of Color in
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"(a) Factors which affect the distribution of color in contrast with white.
(6) Factors which affect the intensity of color in all colored areas of the skin, ..."
2. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"Thus, when an oxidase causes a change of color in one of these reagents we have
no idea of the amount of oxidation which this reaction represents. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1912)
"The heredity of skin color in crosses between negroes and whites unquestionably
follows Mendelian laws. The mulatto shows the dominance (frequently ..."
4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1909)
"Here brightness and contrast must be sharply discriminated from color in order
that reactions to color surfaces may not be mistaken for reactions to color, ..."
5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1896)
"Allen on Alleged Changes of color in the Feathers of Birds without Moulting.'
— It is small wonder that this paper should bristle with exclamation points. ..."
6. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1892)
"It is almost insol. in water, but soluble in solutions of sod. carbonate with
reddish violet, in soda lye with indigo blue color, in ammonia liquid with ..."
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