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See Colocynth. Shak.

specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc.

See under Sergeant.

Affected with color blindness. See Color blindness, under Color, n.

Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice. "Colorable pretense for infidility." Bp. Stillingfleet. -- Col"or*a*ble*ness, n. -- Col"or*a*bly, adv. Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk of human justice. Hooker.

ngitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle.

subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region.

Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado.

Colored. [Obs.] Ray.

The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored. Bacon. The females . . . resemble each other in their general type of coloration. Darwin.

Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, or rapid passages.

Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained. The lime rod, colored as the glede. Chaucer. The colored rainbow arched wide. Spenser.

Capable of communicating color or tint to other bodies.

An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid.

The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance.

The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color.

One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance. Titian, Paul Veronese, Van Dyck, and the rest of the good colorists. Dryden.

Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.

A vender of paints, etc. Simmonds.

Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue. "A colossal stride." Motley.