noun
The spectral composition of visible light.
Humans and birds can perceive color.
A subset thereof:
Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red, and green.
What color are your bf's eyes?
A subset thereof:
The accident victim's face was white, drained of all color.
A subset thereof:
This film is broadcast in color. Most people dream in color, but some dream in black and white.
A subset thereof:
adj
Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
Color television and movies were considered a great improvement over black and white.
I took my TV over on the first trip. I got a beauty. It's four years old, color, but when I had a little snow and asked the repairman to come in, he told me never, never turn this set in for a new one.
verb
To give something color.
We could color the walls red.
To give something color.
To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.
My kindergartener loves to color.
To become red through increased blood flow.
Her face colored as she realized her mistake.
To affect without completely changing.
That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book.