colour

colour, dye, paint, stain

这些动词均有“着色，染”之意。
colour: 普通用词，含义笼统。可指人工的着色，也可指天然的着色。
dye: 多指使用染料改变物体的颜色，如染织品或头发等。
paint: 指为装饰等目的而把油漆或涂料等物涂于物体表面。
stain: 多指用化学或其它方法使物体着色。

名词 colour:

1. any material used for its color
   同义词：coloring material, colouring material, color
2. a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
   同义词：color, people of color, people of colour
3. (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
   同义词：color
4. interest and variety and intensity
   同义词：color, vividness
5. the timbre of a musical sound
   同义词：color, coloration, colouration
6. a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
   同义词：color, coloring, colouring
7. an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
   同义词：semblance, gloss, color
8. the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
   同义词：color

动词 colour:

1. modify or bias
   同义词：color
2. decorate with colors
   同义词：color, emblazon
3. gloss or excuse
   同义词：color, gloss
4. affect as in thought or feeling
   同义词：tinge, color, distort
5. add color to
   同义词：color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, color in, colour in
6. change color, often in an undesired manner
   同义词：discolor, discolour, color

形容词 colour:

1. having or capable of producing colors
   同义词：color

1. Don't allow personal loyalty to colour your judgement.
   不要因讲义气而影响了你的判断。
2. The leaves have started to colour; it will soon be winter.
   树叶已开始变色，很快就是冬天了。
3. What colour did you paint the door?
   你把门漆成什么颜色？
4. She loved the life, noise, and colour of the market.
   她爱市场上的生趣、喧哗与多姿多彩。