Color vs. Iron

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.

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.

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.

An implement made of iron alloy or similar metal, especially a bar heated for use in branding, curling hair, or cauterizing.

A gradation or variation of this aspect, especially when other than black, white, or gray; a hue:fireworks that exploded in brilliant colors.

Great hardness or strength; firmness

A substance, such as a dye, pigment, or paint, that imparts a hue.

(Sports) Any of a series of golf clubs having a bladelike metal head and numbered from one to nine in order of increasing loft.

The use of different colors in visual representation.

A metal appliance with a handle and a weighted flat bottom, used when heated to press wrinkles from fabric.

The different colors used in visual representation:one of the earliest movies in color.

A harpoon.

The general appearance of the skin, especially as an indication of good health

Irons Fetters; shackles.

A reddening of the face, as a blush or sign of anger.

A tonic, pill, or other medication containing iron and taken as a dietary supplement.

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.

Made of or containing iron

A colored item, such as a badge, ribbon, or piece of clothing, serving as an identifying mark:wore the colors of their college.

Strong, healthy, and capable of great endurance

A flag or banner, as of a country or military unit:a ship flying the colors of Brazil.

Inflexible; unyielding

The salute made during the ceremony of raising or lowering a flag.

Holding tightly; very firm

ColorsOne's opinion or position:Stick to your colors.

To press and smooth with a heated iron

OftencolorsCharacter or nature:revealed their true colors.

To remove (creases) by pressing.

An outward and often deceptive appearance:a tale with the merest color of truth.

To put into irons; fetter.

Appearance of authenticity:testimony that lends color to an otherwise absurd notion.

To fit or clad with iron.

(Law)The appearance of a legal claim, as to a right or office.

To iron clothes.

Vividness or variety in expression:a story told with a lot of color.

(uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.

Commentary distinguished by vivid details or background information, as during a sports broadcast:A former coach provided the color for the championship game.

A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.

Local color.

Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.

The use or effect of pigment in painting, as distinct from form.

(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.

(Music)Quality of tone or timbre.

(usually plural, irons) shackles.

A particle or bit of gold found in auriferous gravel or sand.

(slang) A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.

(Physics)See color charge.

(uncountable) A dark shade of the color silver.

(Astronomy)See color index.

A male homosexual.

To impart color to or change the color of.

(golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots.

To give a distinctive character or quality to; modify:"Both books are colored by the author's childhood experiences"(Deborah M. Locke).

Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.

To exert an influence on; affect:The war colored the soldier's life.

(weightlifting) Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.

To misrepresent, especially by distortion or exaggeration:color the facts.

A meteorite consisting primarily of metallic iron (mixed with a small amount of nickel), as opposed to one composed mainly of stony material.

To gloss over; excuse:a parent who colored the children's lies.

A safety curtain in a theatre.

To take on color.

Dumb bombs, those without guidance systems.

To change color.

(not comparable) Made of the metal iron.

To become red in the face; redden or blush.

(figuratively) Strong as of will, inflexible.

(uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.

(transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.

A subset thereof:

To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.

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

(transitive) To furnish or arm with iron.

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

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.

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).

An instrument or utensil made of iron; - chiefly in composition; as, a flatiron, a smoothing iron, etc.

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

Fetters; chains; handcuffs; manacles.

A paint.

Strength; power; firmness; inflexibility; as, to rule with a rod of iron.

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

An iron-headed club with a deep face, chiefly used in making approaches, lifting a ball over hazards, etc.

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

Of, or made of iron; consisting of iron; as, an iron bar, dust.

A flushed appearance of blood in the face; redness of complexion.

Resembling iron in color; as, iron blackness.

(figuratively) Richness of expression; detail or flavour that is likely to generate interest or enjoyment.

Like iron in hardness, strength, impenetrability, power of endurance, insensibility, etc.;

A standard, flag, or insignia:

Rude; hard; harsh; severe.

(in the plural) A standard or banner.

Firm; robust; enduring; as, an iron constitution.

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

Inflexible; unrelenting; as, an iron will.

(in the plural) Gang insignia.

Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious.

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

To smooth with an instrument of iron; especially, to smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; - sometimes used with out.

The morning ceremony of raising the flag.

To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.

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

To furnish or arm with iron; as, to iron a wagon.

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.

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

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

A golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head

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

Metal shackles; for hands or legs

A front or facade; an ostensible truth actually false; pretext.

Implement used to brand live stock

An appearance of right or authority; color of law.

Home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth

Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.

Press and smooth with a heated iron;

(transitive) To give something color.

Extremely robust;

(transitive) To cause (a pipe, especially a meerschaum) to take on a brown or black color, by smoking.

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

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

To affect without completely changing.

(informal) To attribute a quality to; to portray (as).

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.

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.

Any hue distinguished from white or black.

The hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion.

That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors.

That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance.

Shade or variety of character; kind; species.

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).

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.

To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain.

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.

To hide.

To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.

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

Interest and variety and intensity;

The timbre of a musical sound;

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

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

Any material used for its color;

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

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

Add color to;

Affect as in thought or feeling;

Modify or bias;

Decorate with colors;

Gloss or excuse;

Change color, often in an undesired manner;

Having or capable of producing colors;