undercolour
undercolour noun: a colour used as a base and then coloured over, as in watercolour painting.
Noun
undercolour (plural undercolours)
- A colour used as a base and then coloured over, as in watercolour painting.
- The colour of the underparts of a bird, rabbit, etc.
Verb
undercolour (third-person singular simple present undercolours, present participle undercolouring, simple past and past participle undercoloured)
- To colour insufficiently.
undercolour meaning in Bengali
undercolour in Bengali
- একটি পাখি, অপর্যাপ্তভাবে রঙ করা
Forms of undercolour
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | undercolours |
| alternative form | undercolor |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | undercolours |
| present participle | undercolouring |
| past participle | undercoloured |
| past | undercoloured |
Origin of undercolour
From under- + colour.
Questions about undercolour
- What does undercolour mean?
- Undercolour means a colour used as a base and then coloured over, as in watercolour painting.
- What is undercolour in Bengali?
- Undercolour in Bengali is একটি পাখি, অপর্যাপ্তভাবে রঙ করা. See Undercolour meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is undercolour?
- Undercolour can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of undercolour?
- The plural of undercolour is undercolours.
Words near undercolour in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: undercolour (page history and authors); undercolour (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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