COLOR
What does "COLOR" mean?
The visual quality of objects produced by how they reflect or emit light at different wavelengths.
Meanings
- The property of an object perceived as red, green, blue, etc., arising from light wavelengths. The leaves turned every color of fire that autumn.
- Vividness, interest, or liveliness in something. Her stories gave the dull report some color. figurative
- To apply color to something, or to influence or distort. Don't let one bad review color your whole opinion.
Did you know?
- The American 'color' lost its 'u' largely thanks to Noah Webster, whose 1828 dictionary pushed simplified spellings, splitting it from British 'colour.'
Word origin
From Latin 'color' (hue, tint) via Old French 'colour'; the American spelling 'color' dropped the 'u' under Noah Webster's spelling reforms.
Remember it
American COLOR has no 'u' - 'U' (you) crossed the Atlantic and dropped the extra letter to make 'color.'
A little poem
Light strikes, and the world
throws back every wavelength it
refused to absorb.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the British 'colour' lose an argument with the American 'color'? It had no good reason - it just couldn't drop the U.
What it teaches
The color you see is the light a thing refuses to keep - we are known partly by what we turn away.
Quick facts
What does COLOR mean?
The visual quality of objects produced by how they reflect or emit light at different wavelengths.
Is COLOR a valid word?
Yes — COLOR is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is COLOR?
COLOR has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does COLOR come from?
From Latin 'color' (hue, tint) via Old French 'colour'; the American spelling 'color' dropped the 'u' under Noah Webster's spelling reforms.
What can COLOR teach us?
The color you see is the light a thing refuses to keep - we are known partly by what we turn away.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.