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colour
UK (US color) /ˈkʌlər/ nounDefinition
RED/BLUE ETC [C, U] › red, blue, green, yellow, etc: She dressed in bright colours. Green is my favourite colour. What colour shall I paint the kitchen?
FILM/TV ETC [U] › using or showing all the colours, not only black and white: Why didn't he shoot the film in colour?
SKIN [U] › the colour of a person's skin, which shows their race
FACE [U] › healthy pink skin on someone's face: The colour drained from her cheeks.
INTEREST [U] › interesting or exciting qualities or parts: We added your story for a bit of local colour.
→ See also primary colour (Definition of colour noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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