Part 357

That by his fellowship he color might Both his estate and love from skill of any wight. Spenser.

Col"or, v. i. To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.

Col"or*a*ble (?), a. Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice. "Colorable pretense for infidelity." 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.

Col`o*ra"do bee"tle (?). (Zo÷l.) A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, 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.

Col`o*ra"do group (?). (Geol.) A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region.

Col`o*ra"do*ite (?), n. (Min.) Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado.

Col"or*ate (?), a. [L. coloratus, p. p. of colorare to color.] Colored. [Obs.] Ray.

Col`or*a"tion (?), n. The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored. Bacon.

The females . . . resemble each other in their general type of coloration. Darwin.

Col"or*a*ture (?; 135), n. [Cf. G. coloratur, fr. LL. coloratura.] (Mus.) Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, or rapid passages.

Col"or-blind (?), a. Affected with color blindness. See Color blindness, under Color, n.

Col"ored (?), a. 1. Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained.

The lime rod, colored as the glede. Chaucer.

The colored rainbow arched wide. Spenser.

2. Specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description. Sir G. C. Lewis.

His colored crime with craft to cloke. Spenser.

3. Of some other color than black or white.

4. (Ethnol.) Of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people.

5. (Bot.) Of some other color than green.

Colored, meaning, as applied to foliage, of some other color than green. Gray.

&fist; In botany, green is not regarded as a color, but white is. Wood.

Col`or*if"ic (?; 277), a. [L. color color + facere to make: cf. F. colorifique.] Capable of communicating color or tint to other bodies.

Col`or*im"e*ter (?), n. [Color + -meter: cf. F. colorimŔtre.] An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid.

Col"or*ing (?), n. 1. The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color.

2. Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation.

Tell the whole story without coloring or gloss. Compton Reade.