| Main Entry: | dye |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coloring agent |
Synonyms: |
color, colorant, dyestuff, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tint |
Antonyms: |
bleach, whitener |
| Main Entry: | dye |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change color with mixture |
Synonyms: |
impregnate, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tint |
Antonyms: |
bleach, fade, whiten |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pigment, shade |
Synonyms: |
blush, cast, chroma, chromaticity, chromatism, chromism, colorant, coloration, coloring, complexion, dye, glow, hue, intensity, iridescence, luminosity, paint, pigmentation, polychromasia, saturation, stain, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, undertone, value, wash |
| Notes: | color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pigmented; shade |
Synonyms: |
adorn, blacken, bloom, blush, burn, chalk, crayon, crimson, darken, daub, dye, embellish, emblazon, enamel, enliven, flush, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, illuminate, imbue, infuse, lacquer, paint, pigment, pinken, redden, rouge, stain, stipple, suffuse, tinge, tint, tone, variegate, wash |
Antonyms: |
discolor, pale, whiten |
| Main Entry: | hue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | color, shade |
Synonyms: |
aspect, cast, chroma, complexion, dye, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, value |
| Main Entry: | paint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tinted covering |
Synonyms: |
acrylic, chroma, color, coloring, cosmetic, dye, emulsion, enamel, flat, gloss, greasepaint, latex, makeup, oil, overlay, pigment, rouge, stain, tempera, varnish, veneer, wax |
| Main Entry: | paint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | apply colored tint, often to make design |
Synonyms: |
brush, catch a likeness, coat, color, compose, cover, cover up, daub, decorate, delineate, depict, design, draft, draw, dye, figure, fresco, gloss over, limn, ornament, outline, picture, portray, put on coats, represent, shade, sketch, slap on, slather, stipple, swab, tint, touch up, wash |
Antonyms: |
strip |
| Main Entry: | pigment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | color, shade |
Synonyms: |
colorant, coloring, coloring matter, dye, dyestuff, oil, paint, stain, tincture, tint |
Antonyms: |
colorlessness |
| Main Entry: | redden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blush, make rosy |
Synonyms: |
bloody, color, crimson, dye, flush, glow, go red, incarnadine, mantle, paint, pink, pinken, rose, rouge, rubify, rubric, rubricate, ruby, ruddle, ruddy, rust, suffuse, tint, turn red |
Antonyms: |
lighten, pale |
| Main Entry: | stain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spot of dirt, blot, bar |
Synonyms: |
black eye, blemish, blotch, blur, brand, color, discoloration, disgrace, dishonor, drip, dye, infamy, ink spot, mottle, odium, onus, reproach, shame, sinister*, slur, smirch, smudge, spatter, speck, splotch, spot, stigma, tint |
Antonyms: |
blank, cleanliness |