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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Brit. same as
colors .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
colour . - noun plurale tantum, nautical The
national flag flown by aship atsea . - noun plurale tantum The British military ceremony of raising the flag.
- noun sports, snooker The balls that score more than one point in
snooker . Yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, and black. - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
colour .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a flag that shows its nationality
- noun a distinguishing emblem
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Examples
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By mixing _colours with colours_, he produces compound colours, or _hues_.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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Certainly, Theotimus, beauty is without effect, unprofitable and dead, if light and splendour do not make it lively and effective, whence we term colours lively when they have light and lustre.
Treatise on the Love of God 1567-1622 1884
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Posted February 18, 2009 at 11: 00 am | Permalink im an interior designer from south india would like to know wat are the in colours for corporate offices this year
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The clothed altar with its beauty and changing colours is a symbol of the Mystical Body -- the whole Christ, Christ united with all his saints -- it translates this doctrine into the language of colour and form.
The Vested and Robed Altar - Symbolism of the Antependium 2009
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These skills are too many to count, and they came about as humans migrated ‘left’ and ‘right’; as well, epithelial pigmentation (skin colours) changed and exposed human beings to new levels of the absorbsion of solar radiation, too!
Wonk Room » Momentum Builds For New Civil Rights Act, But Will Congress Be Aggressive Enough? 2009
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As to red invading green, I grew up in Mayo, whose county flag looks like this, so the clash of these colours is too familiar to trouble me.
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The natural elements enter the residence, changing gradually in colours and being filtered at the top of her volume.
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They invariably come in colours that look like somebody mopped up the floor of the dye room with them.
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I bought two short sleeve summer shirts in colours that matched the socks.
Maris Piper at the Gates of Dawn « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2009
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- Mixing colours is fun, but makes it hard to get the same colour everywhere.
Conclusions after another try-out with face-paint nathreee 2009
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