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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coloring agent |
| Synonyms: | color, colorant, dyestuff, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tint |
| Antonyms: | bleach, whitener |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pigment, shade |
| Synonyms: | blush, cast, chroma, chromaticity, chromatism, chromism, colorant, coloration, coloring, complexion, dye, glow, hue, intensity, iridescence, luminosity, paint, pigmentation, polychromasia, saturation, stain, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, undertone, value, wash |
| Notes: | color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pigmented; shade |
| Synonyms: | adorn, blacken, bloom, blush, burn, chalk, crayon, crimson, darken, daub, dye, embellish, emblazon, enamel, enliven, flush, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, illuminate, imbue, infuse, lacquer, paint, pigment, pinken, redden, rouge, stain, stipple, suffuse, tinge, tint, tone, variegate, wash |
| Notes: | color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color |
| Antonyms: | discolor, pale, whiten |
| Main Entry: | hue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | color, shade |
| Synonyms: | aspect, cast, chroma, complexion, dye, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, value |
| Notes: | color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color hew means to make or shape as with an axe, while a hue is a particular gradation of color, a shade or tint hue is the quality of a color that makes it possible to call it bluish green, etc. (the color of a color); shade is a color variation having to do with the value of a hue (lightness or darkness), and tint is a pale variation of a color a color's value is its brightness, its chroma is its strength, and its hue is its position in the spectrum |
| Main Entry: | paint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tinted covering |
| Synonyms: | acrylic, chroma, color, coloring, cosmetic, dye, emulsion, enamel, flat, gloss, greasepaint, latex, makeup, oil, overlay, pigment, rouge, stain, tempera, varnish, veneer, wax |
| Main Entry: | paint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | apply colored tint, often to make design |
| Synonyms: | brush, catch a likeness, coat, color, compose, cover, cover up, daub, decorate, delineate, depict, design, draft, draw, dye, figure, fresco, gloss over, limn, ornament, outline, picture, portray, put on coats, represent, shade, sketch, slap on, slather, stipple, swab, tint, touch up, wash |
| Antonyms: | strip |
| Main Entry: | pigment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | color, shade |
| Synonyms: | colorant, coloring, coloring matter, dye, dyestuff, oil, paint, stain, tincture, tint |
| Antonyms: | colorlessness |
| Main Entry: | redden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blush, make rosy |
| Synonyms: | bloody, color, crimson, dye, flush, glow, go red, incarnadine, mantle, paint, pink, pinken, rose, rouge, rubify, rubric, rubricate, ruby, ruddle, ruddy, rust, suffuse, tint, turn red |
| Antonyms: | lighten, pale |
| Main Entry: | stain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spot of dirt, blot, bar |
| Synonyms: | black eye, blemish, blotch, blur, brand, color, discoloration, disgrace, dishonor, drip, dye, infamy, ink spot, mottle, odium, onus, reproach, shame, sinister*, slur, smirch, smudge, spatter, speck, splotch, spot, stigma, tint |
| Antonyms: | blank, cleanliness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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