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# color

«color» in Mova's school dictionary: **what we see when light of different kinds reaches our…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a color, colors); verb (color, colors, colored, coloring); adjective (color photos, color TV)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Color is what we see when light of different kinds reaches our eyes, such as red, blue, green or yellow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/color/#m1)

2) To color something is to fill it in with crayons, pens or paint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/color/#m2)

3) A person's color can mean the color of their skin; this is a sensitive topic and should be spoken about with respect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/color/#m3)

4) Color can mean interest or liveliness, as in «the story has lots of color». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/color/#m4)

5) To color something can mean to change how it seems, as in «Her anger colored her judgment». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/color/#m5)

6) «Colors» can mean the flag of a team, school or army. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/color/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

This is the American spelling; British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and Irish spelling is «colour». In art lessons pupils learn primary colors (red, yellow, blue) and mixing. In science, white light splits into the colors of the rainbow, and some animals use color to hide (camouflage) or warn. In maths, colors are used to sort, make bar charts and in probability with colored counters or marbles. Phrases: «favorite color», «color in», «in color», «show your true colors», «with flying colors» (very well).

### examples

- What is your favorite color? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/color/#x1)
- Color the triangle blue and the square red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/color/#x2)
- A rainbow has seven colors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/color/#x3)
- Mix yellow and blue to get the color green. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/color/#x4)
- The leaves change color in the fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/color/#x5)
- She passed the test with flying colors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/color/#x6)
- The bag has 3 red marbles and 2 blue ones; what is the chance of picking each color? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/color/#x7)
- Treat everyone fairly, whatever the color of their skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/color/#x8)
- They were of every fragrance and color. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/color/#x9)

### note

«Color» is US spelling; «colour» is UK and Commonwealth spelling; both are correct in their own countries. Past form: colored / coloured. Usually uncountable for the general idea («a lot of color») but countable for kinds («three colors»). Black and white are often called colors in everyday talk. In probability problems, color tells you which group a counter belongs to: count each color to find the chance.

### In the corpora

- [Bots learned from British and American English and may mix spellings like "colour" and "color".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «color» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/color/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.