color bar |
segregation or discrimination based on race or skin color, usu. as practiced by whites against nonwhites; color line. |
color barrier |
unspoken social code of racial segregation or discrimination, esp. in sports, education, public service, and the like. |
color guard |
those who carry and escort a country's flag or several colored flags in a parade or ceremony. |
color line |
any institutionalized separation of races that is based on skin color and that results in social and economic discrimination and oppression; color bar. |
color phase |
one of two or more specific colorings, determined by age or season, that are assumed by certain animals. [2 definitions] |
color-blind |
partly or totally unable to distinguish a color or colors. [2 definitions] |
color-code |
to organize, classify, or designate according to color. |
flesh-colored |
having the color of human skin, often a Caucasian's skin. |
horse of a different color |
something completely different. |
local color |
the distinctive sights, customs, manners, speech, and the like that are characteristic of a particular place or period, either as observed in reality or depicted in literature. |
off-color |
not of the standard or required color. [3 definitions] |
oil color |
a paint made of pigment ground in oil, usu. linseed; oil paint. |
parti-colored |
having two or more different colors; variegated. |
primary color |
any one of the three basic colors of the spectrum from which all other colors can be made by blending. In paint, they are red, yellow, and blue. |
rose-colored |
deep reddish pink; rosy. [2 definitions] |
rose-colored glasses |
an optimistic or overly favorable attitude. |
self-colored |
of the original or natural color. [2 definitions] |
straw color |
a light yellow color. |
tone color |
the characteristic quality of sound from an instrument or voice; timbre. |
wine-colored |
having the color of red wine; deep purple-red. |