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(biology £) a group of plants or animals that live together or grow in the same place (

stit? ) $¥, #f$,     a colony of ants o a bird

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colo phon /'knlafan; NAmE 'kail-/ noun (technical 7ft i|f) the name or symbol of a publisher which is printed on a book (   ) wmb&fo (  )

color (NAmE) = colour hlaiJ You will find most words formed with color at the spelling colour, A color colour Pfjii|&T

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.Colorado ‘beetle noun a yellow and black insect that damages potato plants ty-yp ^¥ A color ant {NAmE) = colourant col-oration (BrEalso col-our-ation) /.kAla'reifn/ noun [U] {technical A iff) the natural colours and patterns on a plant or an animal ( #[

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SYNONYMS mSLMWtiT

colour

shade ♦ tone ♦ hue ♦ tint ♦ tinge

All these words describe the appearance of things, resulting from the way in which they reflect light. tUi:

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colour/color the appearance that things have, resulting from the way in which they reflect light.

Red, green and blue are colours.   ff*M ( #0

il'fe,  ) : What’s your favourite colour?

o bright/dark/lightcolours

shade a particular form of a colour, especially when describing how light or dark it is. Sky blue is a shade of blue,

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tone a particular shade of a colour       BfjBlr,

a carpet in warm tones of brown and orange

SHADE OR TONE? shade && tone ?

Tone is often used in the plural to refer to small differences in the quality of a colour. You can say *

tone mtmnm, m&mmshmi -*ra: shades

of brown ^ A |W]     , but not {H.Aift: -brown

shades; and ftt 3Ji£: brown tones   but not {B

Ai&:  tones of brown

hue (literary or technicaf) a colour or a particular shade of a colour     His face took

on an unhealthy, whitish hue. ffe&3J$Lhj§ilS'—

COLOUR OR HUE? ffl colour hue ?

Colour is more general and far more frequent in everyday language. * colour • STM-ft]

tint a shade or small amount of a particular colour; a faint colour covering a surface IIH&tSL —M

ifeiEs-. leaves with red and gold autumn tints

tinge a small amount of a colour   'PtyM'dl:

There was a pink tinge to the sky. A3SB8#

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TINT OR TINGE? tint SJi tinge ?

These two words are very similar when describing a small amount of a colour. You can say

$\,    a reddish tint/tinge or

a tinge of red     but not fB Aift:

a tint of redQ Tint is often used in the plural, but tinge is almost always singular. * tint    ffi

tinge mm

col ora tura /.knlara'tuara; NAmE .kAlara'tora/ noun [u] {music If) complicated passages for a singer, for example in opera   a coloratura soprano (= one

who often sings coloratura passages) colored (NAmE) = coloured color-fast {NAmE) = colour fast colorful {NAmE) = colourful

'color guard noun (l/S) a small group of people who carry official flags in a ceremony coloring (A/AmE) = colouring colorist col-or-istic {NAmE) = colourist, colour-

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col or ize {BrE also col-our-ize) /’kAlaraiz/ verb [VN] {tech­nical A iff) to add colour to a black and white film/ movie, using a computer process ( faint) in ( ^

col or less {NAmE) = colourless 'color line noun {NAmE) = colour bar col-os-sal /ka'lnsl; NAmE ka'laisl/ adj. extremely large g A#J;     a. colossal statue fiAfftHffi 0 The singer

earns a colossal amount of money. UP ffc A M f£ «T Hi A

col os sus /ka'lDsas; NAmE -'la:s-/ noun 1 [sing.] {formal) a person or thing that is extremely important or large in size IeL A;       2 [C] {pi. co-lossi /ka'lDsai; NAmE -’la:s-/)

an extremely large statue EiHf col os tomy /ka'lnstami; NAmE ka'lais-/ noun {pi. -les) {medical B&) an operation in which part of a person’s colon (= the lower part of the bowels) is removed and an opening is made in the abdomen through which the person can get rid of waste matter from the body^iwtPA

col ostrum /ka'lnstram; NAmE -'la:s-/ noun [U] the substance produced in the breasts of a new mother, which has a lot of antibodies which help her baby to resist disease till (     )

COl-OUr 0-w {BrE) {NAmE color) /'kAla(r)/ noun, verb mnoun

►                RED, GREEN, ETC. 1 [C, U] the appearance that things have that results from the way in which they reflect light. Red, orange and green are colours. Mfe;

What’s your favourite colour?       &? o

bright/dark/light colours  o avail­

able in 12 different colours A 12 #Al^f$IS€L^f&M3& O the colour of the sky ASWSfe 0 Her hair is a reddish- brown colour.   0 to add/giveAend

colour to sth (= make it brighter, more interesting, etc.) ifffe O Foods which go through a factory process lose much of their colour, flavour and texture.   jjfll

OAiMM'i&o o The garden was a mass of colour. AS      2 [U] (usually before

another noun 11 # ¥1 A % — ^ atf) the use of all the colours, not only black and white       a colour TV

0 colour photography/printing   /

Ep^iJ 0 a full-colour brochure     0 Do you dream

in colour?  filing?

►                OF FACE ifL 3 [U] a red or pink colour in sb’s face,

especially when it shows that they look healthy or that they are embarrassed (   ) £I?Pi, It; ( H

M N" ^ £1:         The fresh air brought colour to their

cheeks. §r#^fH 65 JHM krff 0 o Colour flooded her face when she thought of what had happened,

ff ‘k 4        ^ tf > M # it £L o 0 His face was drained of

colour {= he looked pale and ill).

►                OF SKIN 4 [U, C] the colour of a person’s skin, when

it shows the race they belong to ( A P?        & :

discrimination on the grounds of race, colour or religion vmm.        o {especially NAmE)

a person/mart/woman of colour (= who is not white)

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►                SUBSTANCE 5 [C, U] a substance that is used to give

colour to sth     a semi-permanent hair colour

that lasts six to eight washes

— see also watercolour

►                INTERESTING DETAILS   6 [U] interesting and

exciting details or qualities @ffc; A®: The old town

is full of colour and attractions.   , 31A