Color vs. Iron

Color and Iron Definitions
Color
The appearance of objects or light sources described in terms of the individual's perception of them, involving hue, lightness, and saturation for objects, and hue, brightness, and saturation for light sources.
Iron
Symbol Fe A silvery-white, lustrous, malleable, ductile, magnetic or magnetizable, metallic element occurring abundantly in combined forms, notably in hematite, limonite, magnetite, and taconite, and used alloyed in a wide range of important structural materials. Atomic number 26; atomic weight 55.845; melting point 1,538°C; boiling point 2,861°C; specific gravity 7.874 (at 20°C); valence 2, 3, 4, 6. See Periodic Table.
Color
The characteristics of light by which the individual is made aware of objects or light sources through the receptors of the eye, described in terms of dominant wavelength, luminance, and purity.
Iron
An implement made of iron alloy or similar metal, especially a bar heated for use in branding, curling hair, or cauterizing.
Color
A gradation or variation of this aspect, especially when other than black, white, or gray; a hue:fireworks that exploded in brilliant colors.
Iron
Great hardness or strength; firmness
A will of iron.
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Color
A substance, such as a dye, pigment, or paint, that imparts a hue.
Iron
(Sports) Any of a series of golf clubs having a bladelike metal head and numbered from one to nine in order of increasing loft.
Color
The use of different colors in visual representation.
Iron
A metal appliance with a handle and a weighted flat bottom, used when heated to press wrinkles from fabric.
Color
The different colors used in visual representation:one of the earliest movies in color.
Iron
A harpoon.
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Color
The general appearance of the skin, especially as an indication of good health
Regained her color after a few days' rest.
Iron
Irons Fetters; shackles.
Color
A reddening of the face, as a blush or sign of anger.
Iron
A tonic, pill, or other medication containing iron and taken as a dietary supplement.
Color
Skin pigmentation considered as a racial characteristic or a marker of racial identity, especially when other than white:"My father told me if I go west, there's integration; you don't worry about color"(Itabari Njeri). See Usage Note at person of color.
Iron
Made of or containing iron
Iron bars.
An iron alloy.
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Color
A colored item, such as a badge, ribbon, or piece of clothing, serving as an identifying mark:wore the colors of their college.
Iron
Strong, healthy, and capable of great endurance
An iron constitution.
Color
A flag or banner, as of a country or military unit:a ship flying the colors of Brazil.
Iron
Inflexible; unyielding
Iron resolve.
Color
The salute made during the ceremony of raising or lowering a flag.
Iron
Holding tightly; very firm
Has an iron grip.
Color
ColorsOne's opinion or position:Stick to your colors.
Iron
To press and smooth with a heated iron
Iron clothes.
Color
OftencolorsCharacter or nature:revealed their true colors.
Iron
To remove (creases) by pressing.
Color
An outward and often deceptive appearance:a tale with the merest color of truth.
Iron
To put into irons; fetter.
Color
Appearance of authenticity:testimony that lends color to an otherwise absurd notion.
Iron
To fit or clad with iron.
Color
(Law)The appearance of a legal claim, as to a right or office.
Iron
To iron clothes.
Color
Vividness or variety in expression:a story told with a lot of color.
Iron
(uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.
Color
Commentary distinguished by vivid details or background information, as during a sports broadcast:A former coach provided the color for the championship game.
Iron
A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.
Color
Local color.
Iron
Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
Wrought iron, ductile iron, cast iron, pig iron, gray iron
Color
The use or effect of pigment in painting, as distinct from form.
Iron
(countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
Color
(Music)Quality of tone or timbre.
Iron
(usually plural, irons) shackles.
Color
A particle or bit of gold found in auriferous gravel or sand.
Iron
(slang) A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.
Color
(Physics)See color charge.
Iron
(uncountable) A dark shade of the color silver.
Color
(Astronomy)See color index.
Iron
A male homosexual.
Color
To impart color to or change the color of.
Iron
(golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
Color
To give a distinctive character or quality to; modify:"Both books are colored by the author's childhood experiences"(Deborah M. Locke).
Iron
Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.
A will of iron
He appeared easygoing, but inside he was pure iron.
Color
To exert an influence on; affect:The war colored the soldier's life.
Iron
(weightlifting) Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.
He lifts iron on the weekends.
Color
To misrepresent, especially by distortion or exaggeration:color the facts.
Iron
A meteorite consisting primarily of metallic iron (mixed with a small amount of nickel), as opposed to one composed mainly of stony material.
Irons and stony irons can be much larger than stony meteorites and are much more visually striking, but make up only a few percent of all meteorites.
Color
To gloss over; excuse:a parent who colored the children's lies.
Iron
A safety curtain in a theatre.
Color
To take on color.
Iron
Dumb bombs, those without guidance systems.
Color
To change color.
Iron
(not comparable) Made of the metal iron.
Color
To become red in the face; redden or blush.
Iron
(figuratively) Strong as of will, inflexible.
She had an iron will.
He held on with an iron grip.
An iron constitution
Iron men
Color
(uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
Humans and birds can perceive color.
Iron
(transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
Color
A subset thereof:
Iron
To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
Color
(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.
Iron
(transitive) To furnish or arm with iron.
To iron a wagon
Color
(uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
He referred to the white flag as one "drained of all color".
Iron
The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.), or a hydrous oxide (as limonite, turgite, etc.). It is reduced on an enormous scale in three principal forms; viz., cast iron, steel, and wrought iron. Iron usually appears dark brown, from oxidation or impurity, but when pure, or on a fresh surface, is a gray or white metal. It is easily oxidized (rusted) by moisture, and is attacked by many corrosive agents. Symbol Fe (Latin Ferrum). Atomic number 26, atomic weight 55.847. Specific gravity, pure iron, 7.86; cast iron, 7.1. In magnetic properties, it is superior to all other substances.
Color
These hues as used in color television or films, color photographs, etc (as opposed to the shades of grey used in black-and-white television).
This film is broadcast in color.
Most people dream in color, but some dream in black and white.
Iron
An instrument or utensil made of iron; - chiefly in composition; as, a flatiron, a smoothing iron, etc.
My young soldier, put up your iron.
Color
(heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert.
Iron
Fetters; chains; handcuffs; manacles.
Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons.
Color
A paint.
The artist took out her colors and began work on a landscape.
Iron
Strength; power; firmness; inflexibility; as, to rule with a rod of iron.
Color
(uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
Color has been a sensitive issue in many societies.
Iron
An iron-headed club with a deep face, chiefly used in making approaches, lifting a ball over hazards, etc.
Color
(medicine) Skin color, noted as normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.
Iron
Of, or made of iron; consisting of iron; as, an iron bar, dust.
Color
A flushed appearance of blood in the face; redness of complexion.
Iron
Resembling iron in color; as, iron blackness.
Color
(figuratively) Richness of expression; detail or flavour that is likely to generate interest or enjoyment.
There is a great deal of colour in his writing.
A bit of local color
Could you give me some color with regards to which products made up the mix of revenue for this quarter?
Iron
Like iron in hardness, strength, impenetrability, power of endurance, insensibility, etc.;
Color
A standard, flag, or insignia:
Iron
Rude; hard; harsh; severe.
Iron years of wars and dangers.
Jove crushed the nations with an iron rod.
Color
(in the plural) A standard or banner.
The loss of their colors destroyed the regiment's morale.
Iron
Firm; robust; enduring; as, an iron constitution.
Color
(in the plural) The flag of a nation or team.
The colors were raised over the new territory.
Iron
Inflexible; unrelenting; as, an iron will.
Color
(in the plural) Gang insignia.
Both of the perpetrators were wearing colors.
Iron
Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious.
Color
(in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
He was awarded colors for his football.
Iron
To smooth with an instrument of iron; especially, to smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; - sometimes used with out.
Color
The morning ceremony of raising the flag.
Iron
To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
Color
(physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons; color charge.
Iron
To furnish or arm with iron; as, to iron a wagon.
Color
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.
Iron
A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
Color
(typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page. (See type color)
Iron
A golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head
Color
(snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
Iron
Metal shackles; for hands or legs
Color
A front or facade; an ostensible truth actually false; pretext.
Iron
Implement used to brand live stock
Color
An appearance of right or authority; color of law.
Under color of law, he managed to bilk taxpayers of millions of dollars.
Iron
Home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth
Color
Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
Color television and movies were considered a great improvement over black and white.
Iron
Press and smooth with a heated iron;
Press your shirts
Color
(transitive) To give something color.
We could color the walls red.
Iron
Extremely robust;
An iron constitution
Color
(transitive) To cause (a pipe, especially a meerschaum) to take on a brown or black color, by smoking.
Color
(intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.
My kindergartener loves to color.
Color
(of a person or their face) To become red through increased blood flow.
Her face colored as she realized her mistake.
Color
To affect without completely changing.
That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book.
Color
(informal) To attribute a quality to; to portray (as).
Color me confused.
They tried to colour the industrial unrest as a merely local matter.
Color
To assign colors to the vertices of a graph (or the regions of a map) so that no two vertices connected by an edge (regions sharing a border) have the same color.
Can this graph be 2-colored?
You can color any map with four colors.
Color
A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc.
Color
Any hue distinguished from white or black.
Color
The hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion.
Give color to my pale cheek.
Color
That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors.
Color
That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance.
They had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship.
That he should die is worthy policy;But yet we want a color for his death.
Color
Shade or variety of character; kind; species.
Boys and women are for the most part cattle of this color.
Color
A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey).
In the United States each regiment of infantry and artillery has two colors, one national and one regimental.
Color
An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court.
Color
To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain.
The rays, to speak properly, are not colored; in them there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that color.
Color
To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices.
He colors the falsehood of Æneas by an express command from Jupiter to forsake the queen.
Color
To hide.
That by his fellowship he color mightBoth his estate and love from skill of any wight.
Color
To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.
Color
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
Color
Interest and variety and intensity;
The Puritan Period was lacking in color
Color
The timbre of a musical sound;
The recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
Color
A race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
Color
An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading;
He hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity
He tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
The situation soon took on a different color
Color
Any material used for its color;
She used a different color for the trim
Color
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
Color
The appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
Color
Add color to;
The child colored the drawings
Fall colored the trees
Colorize black and white film
Color
Affect as in thought or feeling;
My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
The sadness tinged his life
Color
Modify or bias;
His political ideas color his lectures
Color
Decorate with colors;
Color the walls with paint in warm tones
Color
Gloss or excuse;
Color a lie
Color
Change color, often in an undesired manner;
The shirts discolored
Color
Having or capable of producing colors;
Color film
He rented a color television
Marvelous color illustrations
Black-and-white film
A black-and-white TV
The movie was in black and white