Color vs. Geru

Color vs. Geru — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Color and Geru

Colornoun

(uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light

Humans and birds can perceive color.

Gerunoun

An earthy red color, used in India to paint flowerpots and tree bases.

Colornoun

(countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.

Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red, and green.

Geruadjective

Of an earthy red color.

Colornoun

(uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).

He referred to the white flag as one "drained of all color".

Colornoun

(uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.

Color has been a sensitive issue in many societies.
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Colornoun

(figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.

a bit of local color

Colornoun

(heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert. Contrast with metal.

Colornoun

(in the plural) A standard or banner.

The loss of their colors destroyed the regiment's morale.

Colornoun

The system of color television.

This film is broadcast in color.

Colornoun

(in the plural) The flag of a nation or team.

The colors were raised over the new territory.

Colornoun

(in the plural) Gang insignia.

Both of the perpetrators were wearing colors.
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Colornoun

(in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.

He was awarded colors for his football.

Colornoun

The morning ceremony of raising the flag.

Colornoun

In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing quarterly results when an officer of a company is speaking to investment analysts.

Could you give me some color with regards to which products made up the mix of revenue for this quarter?

Colornoun

(physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons.

Colornoun

A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.

Colornoun

(typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.

Colornoun

(snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.

Colornoun

A front or facade: an ostensible truth actually false.

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Colornoun

An appearance of right or authority.

Under color of law, he managed to bilk taxpayers of millions of dollars.

Colornoun

(medicine) Skin color noted as: normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.

Coloradjective

Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.

Color television and movies were considered a great improvement over black and white.

Colorverb

To give something color.

We could color the walls red.

Colorverb

(intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.

My kindergartener loves to color.

Colorverb

(of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.

Her face colored as she realized her mistake.

Colorverb

To affect without completely changing.

That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book.

Colorverb

(informal) To attribute a quality to.

Color me confused.

Colorverb

(mathematics) To assign colors to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two adjacent ones have the same color.

Can this graph be two-colored?You can color any map with four colors.

Colornoun

a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect;

a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light

Colornoun

interest and variety and intensity;

the Puritan Period was lacking in color

Colornoun

the timbre of a musical sound;

the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music

Colornoun

a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)

Colornoun

an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading;

he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticityhe tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanctionthe situation soon took on a different color

Colornoun

any material used for its color;

she used a different color for the trim

Colornoun

(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors

Colornoun

the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

Colorverb

add color to;

The child colored the drawingsFall colored the treescolorize black and white film

Colorverb

affect as in thought or feeling;

My personal feelings color my judgment in this caseThe sadness tinged his life

Colorverb

modify or bias;

His political ideas color his lectures

Colorverb

decorate with colors;

color the walls with paint in warm tones

Colorverb

gloss or excuse;

color a lie

Colorverb

change color, often in an undesired manner;

The shirts discolored

Coloradjective

having or capable of producing colors;

color filmhe rented a color televisionmarvelous color illustrationsblack-and-white filma black-and-white TVthe movie was in black and white