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1. noun1) (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.) color2) (paint(s): That artist uses water-colours.) color3) ((a) skin-colour varying with race: people of all colours.) color4) (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- coloured
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 colorwhat is your favourite colour? ¿cuál es tu color preferido?colour2 vb colorear / pintartr['kʌləSMALLr/SMALL]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 masculino1 (television, film, etc) en color1 (with pen, paint, crayon) pintar, colorear; (dye) teñir2 figurative use (affect negatively, influence) influir en1 (blush) enrojecer, ruborizarse, sonrojarse, ponerse rojo,-a, ponerse colorado,-a2 (of leaves) ponerse amarillo,-a; (fruit) coger color1 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL (flag) bandera, enseña\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLin full colour a todo colorlet's see the colour of your money! ¡a ver ese dinero!, ¡primero el dinero!to be off colour no encontrarse biento lend colour to something dar credibilidad a algo, hacer que algo parezca verdadto lose colour palidecerto nail one's colours to the mast tomar partido, definirseto show one's true colours mostrarse tal como se es, mostrarse uno como es en realidadcolour bar discriminación nombre femenino racialcolour blindness daltonismocolour code código de colorescolour prejudice prejuicio racialcolour printing cromolitografíacolour scheme combinación nombre femenino de colorescolour supplement suplemento en colorn.• color s.m.• colorido s.m. (UK)v.• colorar v.• colorear v.• colorir v.• sonrojarse v.• teñir v.(US) ['kʌlǝ(r)]1. N1) (=shade) color mwhat colour is it? — ¿de qué color es?
to change colour — cambiar or mudar de color
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 msplashes of colour — salpicones fpl or notas fpl de color
in colour — (TV, Cine) en color
3) (=dye, paint, pigment) color m4) (=complexion) color mthe colour drained from his face — palideció, se le fue el color de la cara
to put the colour back in sb's cheeks — devolverle el color or los colores a algn
- be off colour5) (=race) color mpeople of colour — (US) personas fpl de color
the Hungarian national colours — los colores húngaros; (=flag) la bandera húngara
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to nail one's colours to the mast —
- show one's true coloursflying 1.7) (=authenticity, vividness) color m, colorido m8) (=pretext)under the colour of... — bajo la apariencia de...
9) (Mus) (also: tone colour) timbre m2. VT2) (=dye, tint) teñirto colour one's hair — teñirse or tintarse el pelo
3) (=influence) influir enhis politics are coloured by his upbringing — sus opiniones políticas están influenciadas por su educación
3. VI1) (=blush) ponerse colorado, sonrojarse2) (=change colour) tomar color3) (with crayons) [child] colorear4.CPD [film, photograph, slide] en or (LAm) a colorcolour 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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adj.in colour -> en color, con color, en colores.s.color, tono, colorante.v.1 colorear, pintar, aplicar color a, colorar, dar tinte a.2 distorsionar, adornar, barnizar, embellecer.3 predisponer, polarizar.4 pintar de. Así se escribe generalmente en Inglaterra. -> color (pt & pp coloured) -
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GBcolor mEnglish-Spanish architecture and construction dictionary > colour
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suplemento en color
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