colour

colour
1. noun
1) (a quality which objects have, and which can be seen, only when light falls on them: What colour is her dress?; Red, blue and yellow are colours.) color
2) (paint(s): That artist uses water-colours.) color
3) ((a) skin-colour varying with race: people of all colours.) color
4) (vividness; interest: There's plenty of colour in his stories.) color

2. adjective
((of photographs etc) in colour, not black and white: colour film; colour television.) en color

3. verb
(to put colour on; to paint: They coloured the walls yellow.) pintar, colorear

4. noun
((sometimes used impolitely) a dark-skinned person especially of Negro origin.) persona de color
- colouring
- colourless
- colours
- colour-blind
- colour scheme
- off-colour
- colour in
- show oneself in one's true colours
- with flying colours
colour1 n color
what is your favourite colour? ¿cuál es tu color preferido?
Se escribe colour en inglés británico, en inglés americano se escribe color
colour2 vb colorear / pintar
the children are colouring their drawings los niños están coloreando sus dibujos
Se escribe colour en inglés británico, en inglés americano se escribe color
colour
tr['kʌləSMALLr/SMALL]
noun
1 color nombre masculino
■ what colour is it? ¿de qué color es?
■ what colour is her hair? ¿de qué color tiene el pelo?
■ have you got it in any other colours? ¿lo tienen en otros colores?
■ is the film in colour or in black and white? ¿la película es en color o en blanco y negro?
2 (skin - racial characteristic, complexion) color nombre masculino
■ he has a high colour tiene el color subido
adjective
1 (television, film, etc) en color
transitive verb
1 (with pen, paint, crayon) pintar, colorear; (dye) teñir
2 figurative use (affect negatively, influence) influir en
■ don't let emotions colour your judgement no dejes que las emociones te ofusquen
intransitive verb
1 (blush) enrojecer, ruborizarse, sonrojarse, ponerse rojo,-a, ponerse colorado,-a
2 (of leaves) ponerse amarillo,-a; (fruit) coger color
plural noun colours
1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (worn by team, school) colores nombre masculino plural
1 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL (flag) bandera, enseña
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
in full colour a todo color
let's see the colour of your money! ¡a ver ese dinero!, ¡primero el dinero!
to be off colour no encontrarse bien
to lend colour to something dar credibilidad a algo, hacer que algo parezca verdad
to lose colour palidecer
to nail one's colours to the mast tomar partido, definirse
to show one's true colours mostrarse tal como se es, mostrarse uno como es en realidad
colour bar discriminación nombre femenino racial
colour blindness daltonismo
colour code código de colores
colour prejudice prejuicio racial
colour printing cromolitografía
colour scheme combinación nombre femenino de colores
colour supplement suplemento en color
colour (UK)
n.
• color s.m.
• colorido s.m. (UK)
v.
• colorar v.
• colorear v.
• colorir v.
• sonrojarse v.
• teñir v.
etc (BrE) color
(US) ['kʌlǝ(r)]
1. N
1) (=shade) color m

what colour is it? — ¿de qué color es?

they come in different colours — los hay de varios colores

to change colour — cambiar or mudar de color

it was green in colour — era de color verde

as time goes by my memories take on a different colour — (fig) con el paso de los años mis recuerdos van tomando otro color

2) (=colourfulness) color m

splashes of colour — salpicones fpl or notas fpl de color

what this room needs is a touch of colour — lo que este cuarto necesita es un toque de color

in colour — (TV, Cine) en color

3) (=dye, paint, pigment) color m

the latest lip and eye colours — los últimos colores para labios y ojos

4) (=complexion) color m

the colour drained from his face — palideció, se le fue el color de la cara

the colour rose to her face — se le subieron los colores

to put the colour back in sb's cheeks — devolverle el color or los colores a algn

- be off colour
5) (=race) color m

people of colour — (US) personas fpl de color

6) colours [of country, team] colores mpl; (=flag) bandera f; (Mil) estandarte m

the Hungarian national colours — los colores húngaros; (=flag) la bandera húngara

to salute the colours — saludar a la bandera

the battalion's colours — el estandarte del batallón

he was wearing the team's colours — vestía los colores del equipo

with flying colours —

she passed her exams with flying colours — aprobó los exámenes con unas notas excelentes

he has come out of all the tests with flying colours — ha salido airoso de todas las pruebas

to nail one's colours to the mast —

he nailed his colours to the mast — hizo constar sus opiniones

- show one's true colours
flying 1.
7) (=authenticity, vividness) color m, colorido m

an article full of local colour — un artículo lleno de colorido local

8) (=pretext)

under the colour of ... — bajo la apariencia de ...

9) (Mus) (also: tone colour) timbre m
2. VT
1) (=apply colour to) [+ picture] (with paint) pintar; (with crayons) colorear
2) (=dye, tint) teñir

to colour one's hair — teñirse or tintarse el pelo

3) (=influence) influir en

his politics are coloured by his upbringing — sus opiniones políticas están influenciadas por su educación

you must not allow it to colour your judgement — no debes permitir que influya en tu juicio

3. VI
1) (=blush) ponerse colorado, sonrojarse
2) (=change colour) tomar color

fry the onion until it begins to colour — fría la cebolla hasta que empiece a coger color

3) (with crayons) [child] colorear
4.
CPD [film, photograph, slide] en or (LAm) a color

colour bar N — barrera f racial

colour blindness N — daltonismo m

colour chart N — carta f de colores

colour filter N — (Phot) filtro m de color

colour guard N — (Mil) portaestandarte mf

colour line N — barrera f de color

colour match N — coordinación f de colores

colour prejudice N — prejuicio m racial

colour scheme N — combinación f de colores

colour sergeant N — (Mil) sargento mf portaestandarte

colour supplement N — (Journalism) suplemento m a color

colour television N — televisión f en color, televisión f a color (LAm)

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etc (BrE) color

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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