1. 【英】= color

n.

1. the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light.
   ▸one, or any mixture, of the constituents into which light can be separated in a spectrum or rainbow.
   ▸the use of all colours, not only black and white, in photography or television.
   ▸Heraldry  any of the major conventional colours used in coats of arms (gules, vert, sable, azure, purpure).
   ▸Snooker  any of the balls other than the white cue ball and the reds.
2. pigmentation of the skin, especially as an indication of someone's race.
3. redness of the complexion, as indicating health or an emotion such as anger.
4. interest, excitement, and vitality:
   a town full of colour and character.
5. (colours) an item of a particular colour worn to identify or distinguish, in particular the clothes worn by a jockey or the members of sports team.
   ▸a badge or cap awarded to a pupil representing a school in sport.
   ▸the flag of a regiment or ship.
6. Physics  a property of quarks which can take three values designated blue, green, and red.

v.

1. give a colour to.
2. show embarrassment by becoming red; blush.
3. influence, especially in a negative way; distort:
   the experiences had coloured her whole existence.