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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: colored - colossus</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="colored"> colored, adjective, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. having color; not black or white. Ex. This book has colored pictures. <DD> 2. having a certain kind of color. Ex. a green-colored leaf. <DD> 3. of the black race or any race other than white. <DD> 4. (of foliage) of any color but green. <DD> 5. (Figurative.) tinged by prejudice, emotion, desire for effect, or the like; biased. Ex. The fisherman gave a highly colored description of the size of the fish he caught. <DD> Also, (especially British,) coloured. <DD>verb past tense and past participle of color. Ex. He colored the sky blue. <DD>noun Also, Colored. (in South Africa) a Cape Colored. </DL> <A NAME="colorer"> colorer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that colors. Also, (especially British,) colourer. </DL> <A NAME="colorfast"> colorfast, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> dyed so as to retain color without fading, especially in washing. Ex. a shirt made of colorfast material. noun colorfastness. </DL> <A NAME="colorfield"> color-field, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a form of abstract art emphasizing color on a smooth surface to produce an effect of chromatic intensity. Ex. Color-field painting ... drowns the consciousness in rainbow translucences (Harold Rosenberg). </DL> <A NAME="colorfilm"> color film,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. film for making photographs in color. <DD> 2. a motion picture made with film that takes photographs in color. </DL> <A NAME="colorfilter"> color filter,<DL COMPACT><DD> a screen of colored glass or other material capable of absorbing a certain frequency of light, used in photography to alter the relative intensity of the light. </DL> <A NAME="colorful"> colorful, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having excitement, variety, or interest; picturesque; vivid. Ex. The explorer described his colorful experiences. <DD> 2. full of color. Ex. a colorful dress. <DD> Also, (especially British,) colourful. adv. colorfully. noun colorfulness. </DL> <A NAME="colorguard"> color guard,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) the honor guard of a military or similar unit that carries or accompanies the flag or colors during ceremonies or reviews. </DL> <A NAME="colorific"> colorific, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. producing or giving color. Ex. colorific rays. <DD> 2. of or having to do with color. </DL> <A NAME="colorimeter"> colorimeter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any instrument or device for measuring the shade, tint, value, brightness, and purity of a color. <DD> 2. a device used in chemical analysis for comparing the color of a liquid with a standard color. Ex. Instruments called colorimeters are used by chemists to determine when two solutions have the same color (Hardy and Perrin). </DL> <A NAME="colorimetric"> colorimetric, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the measurement of color. Ex. colorimetric observations of stars. adv. colorimetrically. </DL> <A NAME="colorimetrical"> colorimetrical, adjective. =colorimetric.</DL> <A NAME="colorimetricanalysis"> colorimetric analysis,<DL COMPACT><DD> a method of determining the concentration of a chemical substance by measuring the intensity of its color or of a color produced by it. </DL> <A NAME="colorimetry"> colorimetry, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> measurement or analysis by means of a colorimeter. </DL> <A NAME="colorindex"> color index,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Astronomy.) a measure of the color of a star, determined by the difference between its photographic and its visual magnitude. </DL> <A NAME="coloring"> coloring, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the way in which a person or thing is colored; coloration. Ex. The fisherman had a ruddy coloring. <DD> 2. a substance used to color; pigment. <DD> 3. a colored work. <DD> 4. (Figurative.) an outward or false appearance. Ex. The story had the coloring of truth, but we knew we could not believe it. <DD> Also, (especially British,) colouring. </DL> <A NAME="coloringmatter"> coloring matter,<DL COMPACT><DD> a substance used to color; pigment. </DL> <A NAME="colorism"> colorism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the style or work of a colorist; coloration. </DL> <A NAME="colorist"> colorist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an artist who is skillful in painting with colors. <DD> 2. a user of color. Also, (especially British,) colourist. </DL> <A NAME="coloristic"> coloristic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a colorist or with artistic coloring. </DL> <A NAME="colorization"> colorization, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of making a color photograph or motion picture from black-and-white images by using a computer that is programmed to assign various colors to different shades of black-and-white images. Ex. John Huston ... denounced the colorization of his classic film, "The Maltese Falcon" (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="colorize"> colorize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to make visible the color of (something). Ex. Light has a colorizing effect. <DD> 2. to color. <DD> 3. to add color to (black-and-white motion pictures) by the process of colorization. Ex. Supporters of the method claim that colorizing old movies is the only way to get young viewers to watch them (Philip Wuntch). </DL> <A NAME="colorkey"> color-key, transitive verb. =color-code.</DL> <A NAME="colorless"> colorless, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. without color. Ex. Her face was almost colorless from fright. (SYN) achromatic. <DD> 2. without any tinge of red; pallid; pale. Ex. a colorless complexion. (SYN) blanched. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) without excitement or variety; not interesting. Ex. a colorless person, a colorless description. <DD> 4. (Figurative,) unbiased, neutral. Also, (especially British,) colourless. adv. colorlessly. noun colorlessness. </DL> <A NAME="colorline"> color line,<DL COMPACT><DD> the distinction in social, economic, or political privileges drawn between members of different races in certain countries or regions on the basis of skin color. </DL> <A NAME="colorman"> color man,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a radio or television announcer who colors or provides background information. Ex. He [Wally Schirra] also signed on to be Walter Cronkite's color man on CBS's play-by-play coverage of the Apollo space shots (Esquire). </DL> <A NAME="colororgan"> color organ, =clavilux.</DL> <A NAME="colorphase"> color phase,<DL COMPACT><DD> the coloration at a particular season of an animal whose fur or plumage changes in color according to season, such as the ermine and ptarmigan. Certain animals, such as foxes and hares, have varieties whose color varies according to location, often within a relatively small geographical area. </DL> <A NAME="colorphotography"> color photography,<DL COMPACT><DD> photography using color film. </DL> <A NAME="colorpoint"> color point,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Heraldry.) an honor point, placed in the upper middle of an escutcheon. </DL> <A NAME="colors"> colors, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under color. </DL> <A NAME="colorscheme"> color scheme,<DL COMPACT><DD> an arrangement or combination of colors for producing a particular design or effect. Ex. A color scheme which arouses a feeling of warmth ... is quite suitable for the purpose of a home in which we rest (Matthew Luckiesh). </DL> <A NAME="colorsergeant"> color sergeant,<DL COMPACT><DD> a soldier, usually a sergeant, who has charge of the colors of a battalion or regiment. </DL> <A NAME="colorslide"> color slide,<DL COMPACT><DD> a color transparency for the projection of colored images. </DL> <A NAME="colortelevision"> color television,<DL COMPACT><DD> television in which images are produced in chromatic colors, not in black and white. </DL> <A NAME="colortemperature"> color temperature,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Astronomy.) the temperature at which a black body emits light of the same color as that which is emitted by a given source, especially a heavenly body. Ex. Perhaps the most widely used one-dimensional color scale is that of color temperature for classifying light sources (Deane B. Judd). </DL> <A NAME="colortransparency"> color transparency,<DL COMPACT><DD> a color film made visible by means of light shining through from behind. </DL> <A NAME="coloss"> Coloss.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Colossians (book of the New Testament). </DL> <A NAME="colossal"> colossal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of huge size; gigantic; vast. Ex. a colossal success. The Empire State Building is a colossal structure. (SYN) immense, enormous, prodigious. adv. colossally. </DL> <A NAME="colosseum"> colosseum, noun. =coliseum.</DL> <A NAME="colosseum"> Colosseum, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large amphitheater in Rome, completed in A.D. 80. The Colosseum was built by the emperors Vespasian and Titus for games and contests. Parts of it are still standing. Also, Coliseum. </DL> <A NAME="colossian"> Colossian, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. belonging to Colossae, an ancient city of Phrygia, in Asia Minor. <DD>noun a native or inhabitant of Colossae. </DL> <A NAME="colossians"> Colossians, noun pl. (sing. in use).<DL COMPACT><DD> a book of the New Testament, written by the Apostle Paul to the Christian people of Colossae, an ancient city of Asia Minor. Its full title is The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians. (Abbr:) Col. </DL> <A NAME="colossus"> colossus, noun, pl. -lossi, -lossuses.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a huge statute. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) anything huge; a gigantic person or thing. Ex. ... the post-war emergence of Russia and the United States as the two colossi of world power (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="colossusofrhodes"> Colossus of Rhodes,<DL COMPACT><DD> a huge bronze statue of Helios made at Rhodes about 280 B.C. It was placed near the entrance to the harbor and was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. </DL> <A HREF="colostom.dic">NEXT</A>