paint - a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating

material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"

indicator - (chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction

mordant - a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process

dye, dyestuff - a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair

tincture - a substances that colors metals

hematochrome - a reddish coloring material found in some algae

pigment - dry coloring matter (especially an insoluble powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint etc)

stain - (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible

race - people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings"

person of color, person of colour - (formal) any non-European non-White person

kind, sort, form, variety - a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"

high energy physics, high-energy physics, particle physics - the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions

interestingness, interest - the power of attracting or holding one's interest (because it is unusual or exciting etc.); "they said nothing of great interest"; "primary colors can add interest to a room"

timbre, tone, quality, timber - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

visual property - an attribute of vision

heather mixture, heather - interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted grayish shades with flecks of color

tint, shade, tincture, tone - a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"

chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hue

achromatic color, achromatic colour - a color lacking hue; white or gray or black

coloration, colouration - appearance with regard to color; "her healthy coloration"

complexion, skin color, skin colour - the coloring of a person's face

dithered color, dithered colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour - a color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color

appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

color of law, colour of law - a mere semblance of legal right; something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law; "the plaintiff claimed that under color of law the officer had deprived him of his civil rights"

simulacrum - an insubstantial or vague semblance

face value - the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth

guise, pretence, pretext, pretense - an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

camouflage, disguise - an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories"

verisimilitude - the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true

appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

act upon, influence, work - have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"

adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"

miniate - paint with red lead or vermilion

apologise, rationalize, apologize, rationalise, justify, excuse - defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"

affect, bear upon, impact, bear on, touch on, touch - have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"

alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

blackwash - color with blackwash

parti-color, motley - make motley; color with different colors

polychrome, polychromise, polychromize - color with many colors; make polychrome

azure - color azure; "Morning azured the village"

empurple, purpurate, purple - color purple

aurify - turn golden

verdigris - color verdigris

pinkify - make pink

incarnadine - make flesh-colored

embrown - make brown

handcolour - color by hand; "Some old photographs are handcolored"

pigment - color or dye with a pigment; "pigment a photograph"

retouch - give retouches to (hair); "retouch the roots"

silver - make silver in color; "Her worries had silvered her hair"

gray, grey - make gray; "The painter decided to grey the sky"

tone - change to a color image; "tone a photographic image"

redden - make red; "The setting sun reddened the sky"

blotch, mottle, streak - mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained

blush, crimson, flush, redden - turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"

blanch, blench, pale - turn pale, as if in fear

bronze, tan - get a tan, from wind or sun

sunburn, burn - get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun

change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

white, whiten - turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"

black, blacken, nigrify, melanise, melanize - make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"

turn - change color; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early"

silver - turn silver; "The man's hair silvered very attractively"

dye - color with dye; "Please dye these shoes"

redden - turn red or redder; "The sky reddened"

purple - become purple

gray, grey - turn gray; "Her hair began to gray"

yellow - turn yellow; "The pages of the book began to yellow"

tone - change the color or tone of; "tone a negative"

green - turn or become green; "The trees are greening"

blue - turn blue

photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs