Collocations for "color"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "color" in context.
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color
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [bright, dark, neutral, primary] color
- [font, border, background] color
- his eye color
- are different colors
- are the same color
- is the same color as
- the color [green, purple, pink]
- [green] is my favorite color
- is [green] in color
- the color of the [trees, sky, house]
- [shown, displayed] in true color
- showed his true colors
- the movie is in color
- in [full, living] color
- discriminated against on the basis of (skin) color
- for the color of their skin
- mix the colors together
- the team changed colors (for away games)
- she changes her colors depending on
- his lie [contained, had] a color of truth
- [painted, used] a new color
- give the [painting, drawing, sketch] more color
- lost the color in her [face, cheeks]
- her [face] lost its color
- passed (the test) with flying colors
- the [drink, juice, food] contains no artificial color
- color [photography, printing]
- a color [photo, poster]
- a color scheme
- a color [display, monitor, TV, phone]
- [coffee, chocolate] -color eyes
- color the [picture, coloring book]
- color in a coloring book
- [like, is] coloring in
- color inside the lines
- color by hand
- color it [by hand, on the computer, digitally]
- coloring with [crayons, markers, pencils]
- coloring with [blue, green, black]
- color on [paper, the walls]
- color [your hair, eggs]
- color [differently, similarly, distinctly]
- colored [the facts, the details, his account]
- (has) colored my [feelings, memories]
- the [leaves, trees] have colored
- her [cheeks, face] colored with [embarrassment, shame]
'color' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aging
- amber
- arrange
- ash
- assume
- background
- beet
- bland
- blaze
- bleed
- blend
- blind
- blond
- blonde
- bloom
- blue
- blush
- bold
- bright
- broadcast
- brown
- bustling
- canvas
- caption
- cartridge
- change
- cherry
- chestnut
- chocolate
- cinnamon
- clash
- coffee
- common
- comparison
- composition
- contrast
- copper
- copy
- crayon
- crazy
- crimson
- decide
- deepen
- depth
- differ
- display
- distinct
- diverse
- divide
- drab