Synonyms and antonyms of General words for colour and relating to colour in British Thesaurus

chromatic (adjective)

science relating to colour

col (abbreviation)

colour

coloring ()

the American spelling of colouring

colorway ()

the American spelling of colourway

colour (noun)

red, blue, yellow etc

colour (noun)

the quality of being red, blue, yellow etc, instead of being black and white or transparent

colour (noun)

something such as clothing or paint that is a particular colour

colouring (noun)

the colours of an object, animal, or plant

colours (noun)

the combination of colours used for representing a particular country, team, political party etc

colour scheme (noun)

a combination of colours used together somewhere

contrast (noun)

art the differences in light or colour that you can see in a painting or photograph, or on a television

darkness (noun)

the dark colour of something

depth (noun)

the very bright quality of a colour

discoloration (noun)

the process of becoming discoloured

flash (noun)

a bright colour that you see for a very short time

greyscale (noun)

the range of different colours of grey used on a black and white screen or in something printed in black and white

ground (noun)

art a colour used as a background or first layer on a painting, drawing etc

hue (noun)

a colour

primary colour (noun)

one of the colours red, blue, or yellow that are combined to make other colours, such as orange and green

secondary colour (noun)

art a colour that is produced by mixing two primary colours in equal amounts. For example, orange is produced by mixing red and yellow.

secondary colour (noun)

physics the secondary colours of light are yellow, magenta, and cyan

shade (noun)

a particular form of a colour. For example sky blue and navy blue are shades of blue

spectral (adjective)

physics relating to a spectrum

spectrum (noun)

physics the complete range of colours into which light can be separated when it passes through a prism

technicolour (noun)

an extremely colourful quality or appearance, especially one that looks artificial

tonality (noun)

art the range of colours used in a painting

tone (noun)

a colour or a particular shade (=type) of a colour