colour

['kʌlə(r)] 1. (US color) n

kolor m; (skin colour) kolor m skóry; (of spectacle, place) koloryt m

- colours

2. vt

(paint) malować (pomalować perf); (dye) farbować (ufarbować perf); (fig) mieć (pewien) wpływ na +acc

3. vi

czerwienić się (zaczerwienić się perf), poczerwienieć (perf)

Phrasal Verbs:

- colour in

4. cpd

kolorowy

in colour — film, magazine kolorowy; illustrations barwny, kolorowy

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1. noun

1) (a quality which objects have, and which can be seen, only when light falls on them: What colour is her dress?; Red, blue and yellow are colours.) kolor

2) (paint(s): That artist uses water-colours.) farba

3) ((a) skin-colour varying with race: people of all colours.) kolor (skóry)

4) (vividness; interest: There's plenty of colour in his stories.) koloryt

2. adjective

((of photographs etc) in colour, not black and white: colour film; colour television.) kolorowy

3. verb

(to put colour on; to paint: They coloured the walls yellow.) malować

- coloured

4. noun

((sometimes used impolitely) a dark-skinned person especially of Negro origin.) kolorowy

- colourful

- colouring
- colourless
- colours
- colour-blind
- colour scheme
- off-colour
- colour in
- show oneself in one's true colours
- with flying colours