Originally posted by Musical Journey
taken from britannica:
colour: Main Entry: col?our
Pronunciation: 'k&-l&r
chiefly British variant of COLOR
color:Main Entry: 1col?or
Pronunciation: 'k&-l&r
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English colour, from Old French, from Latin color; akin to Latin celare to conceal -- more at HELL
Date: 13th century
1 a : a phenomenon of light (as red, brown, pink, or gray) or visual perception that enables one to differentiate otherwise identical objects b : the aspect of objects and light sources that may be described in terms of hue, lightness, and saturation for objects and hue, brightness, and saturation for light sources c : a hue as contrasted with black, white, or gray
2 a : an outward often deceptive show : APPEARANCE <his story has the color of truth> b : a legal claim to or appearance of a right, authority, or office c : a pretense offered as justification : PRETEXT <she could have drawn from the Versailles treaty the color of legality for any action she chose -- Yale Review> d : an appearance of authenticity : PLAUSIBILITY <lending color to this notion>
3 : complexion tint: a : the tint characteristic of good health b : BLUSH
4 a : vividness or variety of effects of language b : LOCAL COLOR
5 a : an identifying badge, pennant, or flag -- usually used in plural <a ship sailing under Swedish colors> b : colored clothing distinguishing one as a member of a particular group or representative of a particular person or thing -- usually used in plural <a jockey wearing the colors of the stable>
6 a plural : position as to a question or course of action : STAND <the USSR changed neither its colors nor its stripes during all of this -- Norman Mailer> b : CHARACTER, NATURE -- usually used in plural <showed himself in his true colors>
7 a : the use or combination of colors b : two or more hues employed in a medium of presentation <movies in color> <color television>
8 plural a : a naval or nautical salute to a flag being hoisted or lowered b : ARMED FORCES
9 : VITALITY, INTEREST <the play had a good deal of color to it>
10 : something used to give color : PIGMENT
11 : the quality of timbre in music <the color and richness of the cello>
12 : skin pigmentation especially other than white characteristic of race <a person of color>
13 : a small particle of gold in a gold miner's pan after washing
14 : analysis of game action or strategy, statistics and background information on participants, and often anecdotes provided by a sportscaster to give variety and interest to the broadcast of a game or contest
15 : a hypothetical property of quarks that differentiates each type into three forms having a distinct role in binding quarks together
- col?or?ism /-l&-"ri-z&m/ noun
now if the 28 definitions are against the spelling "color" i've got some clout, bitch!
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