Hyphenation of COLOR

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word COLOR? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

COL-OR

Definitions of COLOR:

1.
A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
A white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light
2.
Interest and variety and intensity
The Puritan Period was lacking in color The characters were delineated with exceptional vividness
3.
The timbre of a musical sound
The recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
4.
A race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
5.
An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
He hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity He tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction The situation soon took on a different color
6.
Any material used for its color
She used a different color for the trim
7.
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
Each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
8.
The appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
9.
Add color to
The child colored the drawings Fall colored the trees Colorize black and white film
10.
Affect as in thought or feeling
My personal feelings color my judgment in this case The sadness tinged his life
11.
Modify or bias
His political ideas color his lectures
12.
Decorate with colors
Color the walls with paint in warm tones
13.
Give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
Color a lie
14.
Change color, often in an undesired manner
The shirts discolored
15.
Having or capable of producing colors
Color film He rented a color television Marvelous color illustrations

Synonyms of COLOR:

adj color, colour
noun colour, coloring, colouring, visual property
noun colour, vividness, interest, interestingness
noun colour, coloration, colouration, timbre, timber, quality, tone
noun colour, people of color, people of colour, race
noun semblance, gloss, colour, appearance, visual aspect
nouncoloring material, colouring material, colour, material, stuff
noun colour, kind, sort, form, variety
noun colour, appearance, visual aspect
verb colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in, change, alter, modify
verb tinge, colour, distort, affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
verb colour, influence, act upon, work
verb colour, emblazon, decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
verb colour, gloss, apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
verb discolor, discolour, colour, change

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