What is another word for colour?

It depends which colour you mean. In the sense “any material used for its color”, the synonyms are coloring material, colouring material, color. Across all 14 senses there are 21 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of colour?

WordNet records no antonym for colour. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Why are the synonyms for colour split into groups?

Because colour carries 14 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for colour come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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Synonyms and antonyms

colour

colour/ˈkʌlɚ/

nounverbadjectiveCommon

colour has 21 distinct synonyms spread across 14 of its 14 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.

21
Distinct synonyms: 0

Antonyms

14 of 14

Senses with a relation

Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.

colour as a noun

7 of 7 senses carry a relation

1.
any material used for its color
“she used a different color for the trim”
Synonymscoloring material colouring material color
Related
Broadermaterial
Narrowerpaint indicator mordant dye tincture hematochrome pigment stain
2.
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
“each flavor of quarks comes in three colors”
Synonymscolor
Related
Broaderkind
3.
interest and variety and intensity
“the Puritan Period was lacking in color”
Synonymscolor vividness
Related
Broaderinterest
4.
the timbre of a musical sound
“the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music”
Synonymscolor coloration colouration
Related
Broadertimbre
5.
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”
Synonymscolor coloring colouring
Related
Broadervisual property
Narrowerprimary color heather mixture mottle shade
6.
an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
“he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity”
Synonymssemblance gloss color
Related
Broaderappearance
Narrowercolor of law simulacrum face value guise
7.
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
Synonymscolor
Related
Broaderappearance

colour as a verb

6 of 6 senses carry a relation

1.
modify or bias
“His political ideas color his lectures”
Synonymscolor
Related
Broaderinfluence
2.
decorate with colors
“color the walls with paint in warm tones”
Synonymscolor emblazon
Related
Broader

colour as an adjective

1 of 1 sense carry a relation

1.
having or capable of producing colors
“color film”
Synonymscolor

Questions about colour

What is another word for colour?: It depends which colour you mean. In the sense “any material used for its color”, the synonyms are coloring material, colouring material, color. Across all 14 senses there are 21 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.
What is the opposite of colour?: WordNet records no antonym for colour. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.
Why are the synonyms for colour split into groups?: Because colour carries 14 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.
Where do the synonyms for colour come from?: From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.