color

Definitions

• (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light
• A subset thereof:
• A paint.
• (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
• (medicine) Skin color, noted as normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.
• A flushed appearance of blood in the face; redness of complexion.
• (figuratively) Richness of expression; detail or flavour that is likely to generate interest or enjoyment.
• A standard, flag, or insignia:
• (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
• (military) The morning ceremony of raising the flag.
• (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons.
• (finance) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
• (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page. (See .)
• (snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
• A front or facade; an ostensible truth actually false; pretext.
• An appearance of right or authority; color of law.