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Color is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, yellow, white, etc. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. ... Color is an important part of the visual arts. ...

Color or colour may also refer to:

Science

• Color vision, the capacity of an organism or machine to distinguish objects based on the wavelengths of the light they reflect or emit
• Color charge, in particle physics, a property of quarks and gluons
• Color index, in astronomy, a simple numerical expression that determines the color of an object
• Primary color, a color belonging to a set of three that can be combined to make a gamut of colors
• Colorimetry, the mathematical science of the measurement and perception of color
• Animal colouration
  • "Coloured", a term used in the British Isles to describe the coat of a Pinto horse
• Color temperature, the temperature of a radiating black body corresponding to a given color of light
• Colors of noise, the descriptions of noises based on the shape of their spectral densities

Color vision is the capacity of an organism or machine to distinguish objects based on the wavelengths (or frequencies) of the light they reflect or emit. ... In quantum chromodynamics (QCD), color or color charge refers to a certain property of the subatomic particles called quarks. ... In astronomy, the color index is a simple numerical expression that determines the color of an object, which in the case of a star gives its temperature. ... This article is about colors. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Animal colouration has been a topic of interest and research in biology for well over a century. ... Pinto is a horse coloring that consists of large patches of white and another color. ... The CIE 1931 x,y chromaticity space, also showing the chromaticities of black-body light sources of various temperatures, and lines of constant correlated color temperature Color temperature is a characteristic of visible light that has important applications in photography, videography, publishing and other fields. ... Although noise is a random signal, it can have characteristic statistical properties. ...

Society and politics

• Color (law), a legal term meaning "pretense or appearance of" some right
• Colored (USA) or Coloured (UK, South Africa), referring to skin color, ethnic group, or race
• Colours, a military ceremony
• Colours, standards and guidons, military flags
• Political colour, colors that represent or are associated with a political stance, an ideology, or a position on the political spectrum

Color of is a legal term meaning pretense or appearance of some right. ... This article is about the term used for people of African descent in North America. ... In the South African, Namibian, Zambian and Zimbabwean context, the term Coloured (also known as Bruinmense, Kleurlinge or Bruin Afrikaners in Afrikaans) refers to a heterogeneous group of people who posess some degree of sub-Saharan ancestry, but not enough to be considered Black under South African law. ... // The British Royal Navy and other navies of the Commonwealth of Nations call the flag-raising ceremony that happens every morning when a ship is in harbour Colours. ... // Origins The practice of carrying standards, to act both as a rallying point for troops, and to mark the location of the commander, is thought to have originated in Egypt some 5,000 years ago. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Visual art and entertainment

• Color (software), a color-grading application for Apple's Final Cut Studio video production suite
• Color commentary, or simply color, in a sporting event broadcast, supplemental information offered between play-by-play calls
• Color photography
• Color theory, the art of color mixing and the visual impact of color combinations
• Color wheel or color circle, a logical arrangement of colors around a circle for artistic or scientific purposes
• Colors (film), a 1988 film starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall
• Colors (magazine), a multilingual quarterly magazine
• Colors (video game), a cancelled video game for the Gizmondo GPS console
• CoLours TV, a television channel

Color is a professional color grading software application produced by Apple Inc. ... A color (or colour) commentator is a member of the broadcasting team for a sporting event who assists the play-by-play announcer by filling in any time when play is not in progress. ... An undated color photograph from 1905 to 1915 by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Color photography was explored throughout the 1800s. ... In the arts of painting, graphic design, and photography, color theory is a body of practical guidance to color mixing and the visual impact of specific color combinations. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Colors is a 1988 film starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall and directed by Dennis Hopper. ... The Colors logo. ... Colors is a Gizmondo game that uses the consoles GPS system to allow you to play in the area you are located in real life, in the game. ... CoLours TV is a multicultural TV network produced by the non-profit organization Black Star Communications. ...

Music

• The pitch content or series of the tenor melody in isorhythm
• Tone color or timbre

Isorhythm (iso or same) consists of an order of durations or rhythms, talea (cutting, plural taleae), which is repeated within a tenor melody whose pitch content or series, color (repetition), varied in the number of members from the talea. ... In music, timbre is the quality of a musical note which distinguishes different types of musical instrument. ...

Performers

• Colors (band), an American acoustic pop music group
• Colours (band), a Balearic electronic band
• Color (band), a Japanese visual kei band (Note: there are at least two other Japanese musical groups with the same name.)
• The Colours, an Australian band

For other uses, see color (disambiguation). ... Colours is a Balearic electronic band from the founders of Miro. ... Color was a Japanese band formed by Dynamite Tommy, the founder of the label Free-Will. ... The Colours were a band from Brisbane, Australia. ...

Albums

• Colour (album), by Andy Hunter°
• Colors (Between the Buried and Me album)
• Colors (Avishai Cohen album), by Avishai Cohen
• Colors (Raul de Souza album), by Raul de Souza
• Colors, by Ken Nordine
• Four albums by Donovan:
  • Colours (1972 album)
  • Colours (1987 album)
  • Colours (1991 album)
  • Colours: Live in Concert, 2001
• Colours (Eloy album)
• Colours (Baccara album)
• Colours (MLTR album), by Michael Learns To Rock
• Colours (Resurrection Band album)

Avishai Cohen Avishai Cohen (born 1970, in Jerusalem) is an Israeli jazz bassist, composer and arrangement. ... Raul de Souza (born August 23, 1934, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) a renowned trombonist who was a session musician for several notable artists, including Sergio Mendez, Flora Purim, Airto Moreira, Milton Nascimento, Sonny Rollins and Cal Tjader. ... Ken Nordine (born April 13, 1920) is an American voiceover and recording artist best known for his series of Word Jazz albums. ... Colours is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. ... Colours is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. ... Colours is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. ... Colours is the second album of the Danish pop band Michael Learns To Rock. ... Colours is the third full-length album by American Christian rock band Resurrection Band, released in 1980. ...

Songs

• "Colors" (song), a song by Crossfade
• "Colors" (Utada Hikaru song)
• "Colors", a song by Iced Earth from Iced Earth
• "Colors", a song by The Game from You Know What It Is Vol. 4: Murda Game Chronicles
• "Colors", a song by DJ TAKA found in many games in Konami's Bemani series
• "Colors", a song by Ice T from the 1988 film Colors
• "Colors 2007 (Reggae Remix)", a song by Sean Kingston from Sean Kingston
• "Colours" (song), a single by Donovan
• "Colours", a song by Phil Collins from ...But Seriously
• "Colours", a song by Calvin Harris from I Created Disco
• "Colours", a song by Hot Chip from The Warning
• "Colours", a song by The Sisters of Mercy from Floodland

This article is about the Crossfade song. ... COLORS is Utada Hikarus 13th single, and is also the only single she released in 2003. ... Iced Earth is the eponymous debut album by Iced Earth. ... Takayuki Ishikawa (石川貴之), also known as DJ TAKA, is a Japanese musician, best known for his contribution to Konamis Bemani series. ... Tracy Marrow (born February 16, 1958), better known as Ice T or Ice-T, is an American rapper, singer and actor. ... Sean Kingston is the eponymous debut album by Sean Kingston, released on July 31, 2007. ... Colours is a lovely song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... I Created Disco is the debut album from Scottish electronica musician Calvin Harris. ... The Warning is the first full-length album by Queensrÿche, released in 1984 (see 1984 in music). ... Floodland is the album released by The Sisters of Mercy in 1987, complete with heavy production, layers of synthesizer, choral singing, and the drum machine Doktor Avalanche. ...

Other uses

• Colours (solitaire), a card game
• Color code, a system for displaying information by using different colors
• Food coloring, any substance added to food to change its color

A color code is a system for displaying information by using different colors. ... Food coloring spreading on a thin water film. ...

See also

• List of colors
• List of all pages beginning with Color
• List of all pages beginning with Colour

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