colors
Syllables: col·orsUK/ˈkʌl.əz//ˈkʌl.ɚz/
colors is the plural of color.
colors is the third-person singular simple present indicative of color.
Meaning of color
Noun
color (countable and uncountable, plural colors)
- The spectral composition of visible light.
- Humans and birds can perceive color.
- Synonyms:
- blee
- A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
- Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red, and green.
- Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
- The accident victim's face was white, drained of all color.
- These hues as used in color television or films, color photographs, etc (as opposed to the shades of grey used in black-and-white television).
- This film is broadcast in color.
- Synonyms:
- color television
- Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert.
- A paint.
- The artist took out her colors and began work on a landscape.
Phrases with colors
- colors in
- colors up
- eye colors
- lip colors
- web colors
- deep colors
- four colors
- full colors
- skin colors
- spot colors
- tone colors
- true colors
44 more phrasesFewer phrases
- costly colors
- flying colors
- of the colors
- poster colors
- pair of colors
- primary colors
- process colors
- pairs of colors
- tertiary colors
- colors by number
- in flying colors
- prismatic colors
- secondary colors
- accidental colors
- hyperbolic colors
- impossible colors
- strike the colors
- struck the colors
- strikes the colors
- with flying colors
- strike one's colors
- striking the colors
- struck one's colors
- complementary colors
- strikes one's colors
- true to one's colors
- serve with the colors
- stricken one's colors
- striking one's colors
- served with the colors
- serves with the colors
- show one's true colors
- colors inside the lines
- sail under false colors
- serving with the colors
- shown one's true colors
- shows one's true colors
- colors outside the lines
- sails under false colors
- showed one's true colors
- sailed under false colors
- showing one's true colors
- sailing under false colors
- nail one's colors to the mast
Questions about colors
- What is colors the plural of?
- Colors is the plural of color.
- How do you pronounce colors?
- Colors is pronounced /ˈkʌl.əz/ (UK).
Words near colors in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: colors (page history and authors); color (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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