(American spelling) Having a color. / Having a particular color or kind of color. / Having prominent colors; colorful. / Biased; pervasively (but potentially subtly) influenced in a particular way.

(American spelling, US, now dated and offensive) A colored (nonwhite) person.

(American spelling) simple past tense and past participle of color

(uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light. / (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.

Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.

(transitive) To give something color. / (transitive) To cause (a pipe, especially a meerschaum) to take on a brown or black color, by smoking.

Possessing prominent and varied colors. / Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive. / (euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).

plural of colorant

present participle of color

An act or process which applies color. / Any substance used to give color. / The appearance as to color. / A disguise or discoloration.