color

Plural
colors
Example / Category
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n (13c)
Hyphenation
col•or
Definition from Glossary

1: a phenomenon of light or visual perception that enables one to differentiate otherwise identical objects 2: the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected or transmitted by it. Color is usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and luminous reflectance of the reflected light 3: a visual response to light consisting of the three dimensions of hue, value, and saturation—see PERCEIVED C., PSYCHOPHYSICAL C.

Pronunciation
kŭl′or