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Of color
(gcide) | Color \Col"or\ (k[u^]l"[~e]r), n. [Written also colour.] [OF.
color, colur, colour, F. couleur, L. color; prob. akin to
celare to conceal (the color taken as that which covers). See
Helmet.]
1. A property depending on the relations of light to the eye,
by which individual and specific differences in the hues
and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay
colors; sad colors, etc.
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Note: The sensation of color depends upon a peculiar function
of the retina or optic nerve, in consequence of which
rays of light produce different effects according to
the length of their waves or undulations, waves of a
certain length producing the sensation of red, shorter
waves green, and those still shorter blue, etc. White,
or ordinary, light consists of waves of various lengths
so blended as to produce no effect of color, and the
color of objects depends upon their power to absorb or
reflect a greater or less proportion of the rays which
fall upon them.
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2. Any hue distinguished from white or black.
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3. The hue or color characteristic of good health and
spirits; ruddy complexion.
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Give color to my pale cheek. --Shak.
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4. That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as,
oil colors or water colors.
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5. That which covers or hides the real character of anything;
semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance.
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They had let down the boat into the sea, under color
as though they would have cast anchors out of the
foreship. --Acts xxvii.
30.
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That he should die is worthy policy;
But yet we want a color for his death. --Shak.
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6. Shade or variety of character; kind; species.
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Boys and women are for the most part cattle of this
color. --Shak.
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7. A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol
(usually in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship
or regiment; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the
cap and jacket worn by the jockey).
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In the United States each regiment of infantry and
artillery has two colors, one national and one
regimental. --Farrow.
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8. (Law) An apparent right; as where the defendant in
trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by
stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from
the jury to the court. --Blackstone.
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Note: Color is express when it is averred in the pleading,
and implied when it is implied in the pleading.
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Body color. See under Body.
Color blindness, total or partial inability to distinguish
or recognize colors. See Daltonism.
Complementary color, one of two colors so related to each
other that when blended together they produce white light;
-- so called because each color makes up to the other what
it lacks to make it white. Artificial or pigment colors,
when mixed, produce effects differing from those of the
primary colors, in consequence of partial absorption.
Of color (as persons, races, etc.), not of the white race;
-- commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro
blood, pure or mixed.
Primary colors, those developed from the solar beam by the
prism, viz., red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and
violet, which are reduced by some authors to three, --
red, green, and violet-blue. These three are sometimes
called fundamental colors.
Subjective color or Accidental color, a false or spurious
color seen in some instances, owing to the persistence of
the luminous impression upon the retina, and a gradual
change of its character, as where a wheel perfectly white,
and with a circumference regularly subdivided, is made to
revolve rapidly over a dark object, the teeth of the wheel
appear to the eye of different shades of color varying
with the rapidity of rotation. See Accidental colors,
under Accidental.
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change of color
(encz) | change of color, n: |
people of color
(encz) | people of color, n: |
person of color
(encz) | person of color, n: |
ring of color
(encz) | ring of color, n: |
Play of colors
(gcide) | Play \Play\, n.
1. Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols.
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2. Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement
or diversion; a game.
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John naturally loved rough play. --Arbuthnot.
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3. The act or practice of contending for victory, amusement,
or a prize, as at dice, cards, or billiards; gaming; as,
to lose a fortune in play.
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4. Action; use; employment; exercise; practice; as, fair
play; sword play; a play of wit. "The next who comes in
play." --Dryden.
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5. A dramatic composition; a comedy or tragedy; a composition
in which characters are represented by dialogue and
action.
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A play ought to be a just image of human nature.
--Dryden.
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6. The representation or exhibition of a comedy or tragedy;
as, he attends ever play.
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7. Performance on an instrument of music.
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8. Motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a
wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and
easy action. "To give them play, front and rear."
--Milton.
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The joints are let exactly into one another, that
they have no play between them. --Moxon.
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9. Hence, liberty of acting; room for enlargement or display;
scope; as, to give full play to mirth.
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Play actor, an actor of dramas. --Prynne.
Play debt, a gambling debt. --Arbuthnot.
Play pleasure, idle amusement. [Obs.] --Bacon.
A play upon words, the use of a word in such a way as to be
capable of double meaning; punning.
Play of colors, prismatic variation of colors.
To bring into play, To come into play, to bring or come
into use or exercise.
To hold in play, to keep occupied or employed.
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I, with two more to help me,
Will hold the foe in play. --Macaulay.
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Stand of colors
(gcide) | Stand \Stand\ (st[a^]nd), n. [AS. stand. See Stand, v. i.]
1. The act of standing.
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I took my stand upon an eminence . . . to look into
their several ladings. --Spectator.
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2. A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or
opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand.
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Vice is at stand, and at the highest flow. --Dryden.
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3. A place or post where one stands; a place where one may
stand while observing or waiting for something.
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I have found you out a stand most fit,
Where you may have such vantage on the duke,
He shall not pass you. --Shak.
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4. A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons
stand for hire; as, a cab stand. --Dickens.
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5. A raised platform or station where a race or other outdoor
spectacle may be viewed; as, the judge's or the grand
stand at a race course.
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6. A small table; also, something on or in which anything may
be laid, hung, or placed upright; as, a hatstand; an
umbrella stand; a music stand.
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7. The place where a witness stands to testify in court.
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8. The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good,
bad, or convenient stand for business. [U. S.]
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9. Rank; post; station; standing.
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Father, since your fortune did attain
So high a stand, I mean not to descend. --Daniel.
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10. A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a
stand what to do. --L'Estrange.
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11. A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut;
also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in
distinction from one produced from a scion set in a
stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
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12. (Com.) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three
hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch.
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Microscope stand, the instrument, excepting the eyepiece,
objective, and other removable optical parts.
Stand of ammunition, the projectile, cartridge, and sabot
connected together.
Stand of arms. (Mil.) See under Arms.
Stand of colors (Mil.), a single color, or flag. --Wilhelm
(Mil. Dict.)
To be at a stand, to be stationary or motionless; to be at
a standstill; hence, to be perplexed; to be embarrassed.
To make a stand, to halt for the purpose of offering
resistance to a pursuing enemy.
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Syn: Stop; halt; rest; interruption; obstruction; perplexity;
difficulty; embarrassment; hesitation.
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capital of colorado
(wn) | capital of Colorado
n 1: the state capital and largest city of Colorado; located in
central Colorado on the South Platte river [syn: Denver,
Mile-High City, capital of Colorado] |
change of color
(wn) | change of color
n 1: an act that changes the light that something reflects |
people of color
(wn) | people of color
n 1: a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race
(especially Blacks) [syn: color, colour, {people of
color}, people of colour] |
person of color
(wn) | person of color
n 1: (formal) any non-European non-white person [syn: {person of
color}, person of colour] |
ring of color
(wn) | ring of color
n 1: small circular area such as that around the human nipple or
an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite [syn:
areola, ring of color] |
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