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colourUK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkʌlər/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈkʌlɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kul′ər)
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colour
When you are describing the colour of something, you don't normally use the word colour. Don't say, for example, ‘He wore a green colour tie’. You say ‘He wore a green tie’. She had hair and green eyes. She was wearing a hat. However, you sometimes use the word colour when you are asking about the colour of something, or when you are describing a colour in an indirect way. What colour was the bird? The paint was . Be careful In sentences like these you use be, not ‘have’. Don't say ‘What colour has the bird?’ or ‘The paint has the colour of grass’. You also use the word colour when you are using more unusual colour words. For example, you can say that something is a bluish-green colour. The plastic is treated with heat until it turns a milky white colour. There was the sea, . You can also say, for example, that something is bluish-green in colour. The leaves are rough and grey-green in colour. You can also add the suffix -coloured to the name of a colour. He bought me a cheap bracelet. He selected one of his most expensive suits. The American spellings of ‘colour’ and ‘-coloured’ are color and -colored. 'colour' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "colour" in the title: 'of the same colour' or 'in the same colour' - English Only forum
(make it) match (the colour of) the door - English Only forum [any size shoes/any size of shoes] or [any colour hats/any colour of hats] - English Only forum [differently coloured hats] or [different-colour hats] or [hats of different colours] - English Only forum a bolt of running colour - English Only forum a book to colour - English Only forum a colour well-known in Detroit: pink - English Only forum a famous feel for colour - English Only forum a fine colour on his brown cheek - English Only forum a reference point for people of colour - English Only forum a similar colour as/to - English Only forum A touch of colour - English Only forum accent (colour) - English Only forum Adjectives order- opinon/size/colour/material - English Only forum All colour () drained from her countenance. - English Only forum all the walls were/had been painted a different colour - English Only forum And because why—the nearest we come to a perfect insect loves a perfect colour best - English Only forum And certainly that one No colour in the rainbow - English Only forum And what colour eyes? - English Only forum any colour clothing vs clothing of any colour - English Only forum any-colour-so-long-as-it's-matte-black - English Only forum are a beatiful colour - have a beatiful colour - English Only forum are the same colour vs are in the same colour - English Only forum As the colour grows richer in stained windows - English Only forum as well as in colour - English Only forum Asking about ' eye color / color eyes' [+colour] - English Only forum assign a different colour to each / a different type of information - English Only forum Autumn colour - English Only forum Because the symbolism of colour goes back hundrets of years, colours can change their significance. - English Only forum Being a colour, and feeling off it - English Only forum more...
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