colour
Translation
color, hue, paint, complexion
Examples
What is your favourite colour?
What is your favorite color?
The story added colour to the event.
The story added color to the event.
She passed her exams with flying colours.
She passed her exams with flying colors.
Grammar Patterns
((a color)) a specific hue What is your favorite color?
((to add color to sth.)) to make something more interesting The story added color to the event.
((with flying colors)) very successfully She passed her exams with flying colors.
Similar Words
Synonyms: hue, shade, tint, tone
Etymology
From Latin 'color'.
Memory Tips
This is the British spelling. The American spelling is 'color'.