I.nounCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a colour photo
▪ Send us a colour photo of yourself.
a colour photograph
▪ The book is fully illustrated with colour photographs.
a colour rangeBritish English, a color range AmE:
▪ These curtains are available in a much wider colour range.
a colour television
▪ a 32 inch colour television
an explosion of colourliterary
▪ After the rain, the desert bloomed in an explosion of color.
artificial colours (=used in food)
▪ I try to buy food that is free from artificial colours.
colour bar
colour coded
▪ The wires are colour coded for easy identification.
colour coded
colour coding
▪ Most petrol stations use colour coding for different types of petrol.
colour scheme
colour supplement
colouring book
food colouringBritish English, food coloring American English
▪ Dilute a little food colouring with water.
hair colourBritish English, hair color American English
▪ Genes control characteristics such as hair colour and eye colour.
local colour
▪ His description of the smells from the market added a touch of local color.
passed with flying colours (=got very high marks)
▪ She passed with flying colours.
primary colour
skin colour (also the colour of your skin)
▪ There is still discrimination on the basis of skin colour.
variable in size/shape/colour etc
▪ These fish are highly variable in color and pattern.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
blue
▪ They are yellow and blue in colour.
▪ The edges of those fins are trimmed with the same blue colour.
▪ Even those beautiful ones just by the beach. Blue and the colour of the sand.
▪ Haematoxylin gives a bright blue colour and is suitable for visual comparisons, but the colour of the reagent prevents spectrophotometry.
▪ The chevron is of silver lace with edging of dark blue facing colour.
▪ It was a deep blue colour and had a matching hat like a tiny trilby, decorated with a feather.
▪ Just as noticeable was the absence of the colour blue - the colour of imperial service.
bright
▪ This is not simple mimicry, which would only entail being the same bright colour as a distasteful species.
▪ It was high, and thick, and of a bright green colour.
▪ Our door is painted a bright green colour with numerous messages using inappropriate language and phrases covering its exterior.
▪ Their tart flavour adds piquancy and the bright colour looks stunning.
▪ I awake at seven, amazed at myself, and bathe and dress in a bright colour.
▪ The dream flashed across my mind in bright colour.
▪ It is a smooth spreading sausage, similar in texture to a fine liver sausage, with a bright pink colour.
▪ This type of pattern is usually white with each smaller diamond in the same bright primary colour.
dark
▪ An old fragrance that's past its prime will become oily, strong-smelling, and may look darker in colour.
▪ A dark colour applied thickly over lighter and brighter ones can be very exciting and dramatic.
▪ It took its characteristic dark colour from the addition of roasted barley to it.
▪ My favourite was the lightly spiced Cape Malay Rooibos Chai which had a pungent smell and dark colour.
▪ Continue in plain knitting with dark colour.
▪ It is very light in weight and its dark colour makes it almost invisible once in place.
▪ The chevron is of silver lace with edging of dark blue facing colour.
different
▪ But being well rid of him and being able to forget him were horses of a very different colour!
▪ I planned to amplify this change of mood by having different colour schemes.
▪ Women can wear different colour tights, or a new scarf or shirt.
▪ Grated crayon added to paint produces interesting effects and can give different shades of colour.
▪ In the Himalayas there is a bamboo with each section of a different colour.
▪ The postmodernist reaction to commodification is of different colour.
full
▪ Comprehensive ticket wallet including luggage labels, exclusive full colour street map of Amsterdam and detailed travel itinerary.
▪ This new version looks and sounds superb with full blown 256 colour graphics and sound support.
▪ Dye transfer a photographic colour print using special coated papers to produce a full colour image.
▪ To find out obtain our comprehensive full colour brochure.
▪ The women were dressed up, dramatic, bizarre, full of colour: Look at me!
▪ Return the coupon today for a free full colour brochure and details of your nearest Atco Appointed Dealer.
▪ Skilfully planned for most of the year it is full of colour.
▪ Each guide also includes full colour underwater photographs illustrating the marine life you could expect to see.
light
▪ But she was not taken out of herself by the sweeping cosmic changes of light and colour.
▪ We had one called Stumpy, a Dales short horn, light roan in colour, which we reared from a calf.
▪ The terraces were flooded with water, reflecting light and colour from the sky.
▪ They are lighter in colour and lower in density than basalts or andesites, and contain fewer dark minerals.
▪ The substitute scroll is smaller, and the bark is noticeably lighter in colour.
▪ Even the horn was of a much lighter colour than usual, although it had been gilded with silver.
▪ Lindauer Brut £7.49 Made from the Pinot and Chardonnay grape this dry wine had a light golden colour.
local
▪ I had already begun an outline for another book and for that I needed some local colour in an Eastern bloc country.
▪ Type B for 3 pers £4.75. Local colour All the time in the world!
▪ More established resorts improve a lot on these standards, but perhaps offer less local colour and charm.
▪ She had not gone unnoticed by Ron Barton of the True Brit who was, as always, in search of local colour.
▪ Secondly the traditional dances and customs of a particular country that can give local colour and atmosphere to a plot or theme.
▪ Their function is to supply realism or local colour, and for these purposes their use is perfectly legitimate.
pale
▪ The woodwork is painted a pale stone colour throughout to complement the finely patterned wallcovering.
▪ The front section of the vast Rathaus has been restored to its original pale sand colour.
▪ The pale colour is usually white or yellow or orange and shows up vividly against the dark areas.
▪ Her skin was a pale coffee colour.
▪ One in particular, about a metre high, pale lemon in colour, was ornamented with neo-classical bandings in blue and gold.
▪ Space was alive with ghostly curtains of light. Pale violet in colour, they waved gently in some invisible wind.
▪ Her skin was a pale olive colour but absolutely clear and her magnificent eyes gave her face all the definition it needed.
▪ Liquid colours are best used for painting and tinting, and where colours need to be paler.
red
▪ Following this they release blood into their eyes which turns them a dull red colour.
▪ It was red in colour and had much bigger wheels than the ordinary farm cart.
▪ The sensitivity can be improved and interference from other ions diminished by extracting the red colour with a solvent.
▪ And that is why the virginia creeper plant turns a lovely red colour in the autumn.
▪ This one's a funky deep red metallic colour - an extremely capable-looking instrument.
▪ A lovely rich rust red colour, it retails at around £4.75 a kilo.
▪ She was Altun, and so her hair was red - a colour like a brightly burning fire.
▪ A good tasting apple with a good red colour.
rich
▪ She was ready for Stephen promptly at eleven, wearing a summer dress of wild silk in a rich pink-peach colour.
▪ Make caramel sauce by cooking butter and sugar in a pan until it turns a rich brown colour.
▪ The result was a beautifully rich, uniform colour.
▪ The rich colour came to her cheeks at the daring thoughts and she caught her breath sharply.
▪ Inside, there are frescoes in rich colour typical of the best of late Byzantine work.
▪ River Island's creative combinations of design, rich colour and new fabrics build a versatile wardrobe for autumn/winter.
▪ They are also pressure impregnated with wood preservative to give rich colour and guaranteed life of 15 years without rotting.
▪ A lovely rich rust red colour, it retails at around £4.75 a kilo.
white
▪ Alternatively, reverse colours, using dark green in feeder 1 and white or pastel colour in feeder 2, as illustrated.
▪ Black and white and colour photos.
▪ This allows real-life 3-D objects to be digitised in both black and white and colour.
▪ Titanium white alkyd colour, Winsor &038; Newton.
▪ Titanium white colour from Brera, Maimeri; no8 Bristlewhite brushes.
▪ The format is A4 on newsprint, and is mainly black and white, with colour covers, keeping costs low.
▪ It is not uncommon to find old goldfish that are pale lemon or even white in colour.
■ NOUN
change
▪ The colour change can be obscured by dirt in the solution.
▪ In well ventilated theatres it is unlikely that any colour change will occur unless accidental spillage should take place.
▪ Arrange the colour changes so that each identical pair of rows is knitted with the same colour.
▪ Again, a simple colour change in the test will tell you whether or not you are soon to be a mum.
▪ He suggested that the colour changes observed by Moore were probably due to the trauma of transplantation rather than the change in diet.
▪ Types of colour change Colour in fish is controlled by special skin cells called Chromatophores, which contain pigments.
▪ The rotation of the colour changer can be adjusted to give slow or rapid colour change.
▪ Dealing with this problem, many species have evolved various forms of colour change.
hair
▪ You simply press the touch-pad which corresponds to your hair colour and the one which corresponds to your skin tone.
▪ That's the promise of Contrasts High and Low lighting kits - the easy way to enhance your natural hair colour.
▪ It can be brushed, combed or scrunched into your hair to enhance natural hair colour.
▪ My hair colour doesn't affect me and I've never felt that people treat me as having lower than average intelligence.
▪ The only roots Cilla has lost touch with are those of her natural hair colour.
▪ The gene affects hair colour, and codes either for orange or for black.
▪ The same thing is true in a different campaign for hair colour.
▪ A woman peeks down her bikini bottom to remind herself of her true hair colour.
monitor
▪ Obviously, the best visualisation will be achieved with a colour monitor but one is not essential.
▪ For a colour monitor, more than one bit is needed to describe each pixel, and there are two approaches to this.
photograph
▪ Paperback. 122 pages with colour photographs and illustrations.
▪ It has an enticing colour photograph of palm trees and white sand.
▪ It's full of great colour photographs and is all about endangered animals.
▪ Correct colour photographs are difficult to achieve.
▪ The exhibition is lavishly illustrated with colour photographs and features a moss garden composed entirely of local Ulster mosses.
▪ He carried a colour photograph of his mill in the same way that others carry their wives and children.
▪ From her handbag Blanche took out a colour photograph of Patricia Hoskin.
▪ And, to whet your appetite, there are many delightful colour photographs.
scheme
▪ I sewed curtains and quilts and the boys were allowed to choose their own colour schemes and furnishings.
▪ Inside, a subtle colour scheme of white or light pastel shades is complemented by cool tiled floors and modern facilities.
▪ The much-loved dresser was the inspiration for the colour scheme that links all five storeys.
▪ As you know, I decided to keep the same colour scheme as we have in Paris.
▪ I planned to amplify this change of mood by having different colour schemes.
▪ And with so much wood in the room, a natural colour scheme has been chosen to complement it.
▪ You may like to experiment with colour schemes designed to display particular fish species to best advantage.
skin
▪ The gene involved makes the dark pigment-melanin-that is responsible for skin colour.
▪ Her grandmother never used the words white and black to describe skin colour.
▪ I like to use cosmetics as close to my natural skin colour as possible.
▪ It's merely a question of altering your foundation to match your skin colour.
▪ Their skin colour, sexuality or hair hue is irrelevant.
▪ These experiments show that at least one-third of landlords discriminate against ethnic minorities on grounds of skin colour.
▪ For example, skin colour assigns individuals to racial statuses such as black and white but this merely reflects the conventions of particular societies.
▪ Prescriptives now has a foundation to suit just about every skin colour.
supplement
▪ Another advertisement appears in the colour supplements aimed at recruiting people to mental health nursing.
▪ A colour supplement had published one of her stories in a series by new authors.
▪ Nobody could ever have thought that joining a cricket club was like opening a Sunday paper colour supplement.
▪ Monday On this particular Monday morning, Adrian had the feeling that he had woken up in a colour supplement.
▪ Without you the Sunday Times colour supplement would come out black-and-white.
▪ Torn Sunday colour supplements made eyes at her from the railings.
television
▪ The arrival of the Mendip mast and colour television brought an added breadth to viewing in the West.
▪ The rooms were actually quite luxurious with a shower, colour television and duvet covered bunk beds.
▪ All bedrooms are of a high standard offering private facilities, satellite colour television, in-house movies and hospitality tray.
▪ All have colour televisions, direct dial telephones and tea and coffee making facilities.
▪ All rooms have central heating, colour television, tea/coffee making facilities, en suite or private shower.
▪ Foreign imports such as colour television sets and hi-fi systems cram shop windows, catering to demands for conspicuous consumption.
■ VERB
add
▪ They are mainly seen in pub gardens and street cafes on the continent to offer shade and add colour.
▪ Several additional features can now be added like colour or photographs and the product starts to take on a more professional look.
▪ Christmas ribbon and wax fruit can be added for colour.
▪ However, weaving can also be used to add colour and interest to small area of garments.
▪ One area where this has worked particularly well is the Chromascan department, which adds colour tints to the basic paint.
▪ Too many evergreens can look boring, so plant just a few choice ones to add colour to dull areas.
▪ They have added some colour and flair to our underground surroundings.
▪ A little finely chopped fresh coriander may also be added for colour.
bring
▪ It is without doubt the reddest of all the naked-eye stars, though binoculars are needed to bring out its colour properly.
▪ Colour foods contain additives, such as carotene, which brings out the colour pigments in fish.
▪ Are there well tendered plants and flowers in hanging baskets and window troughs bringing splashes of colour to the room?
▪ Caltha palustris, the marsh marigold her in its single and double-flowered forms, brings sunny colour to the bog garden.
▪ Confused, she lifted her face to his, a new kind of awareness bringing the colour to her cheeks.
▪ You seem to have brought a bit of colour to our Jimmy's cheeks.
illustrate
▪ The Red Sea guide is illustrated with full colour aerial photographs with overlays showing suggested underwater routes.
▪ The exhibition is lavishly illustrated with colour photographs and features a moss garden composed entirely of local Ulster mosses.
▪ Each coat of arms touched on is illustrated in full colour, and the augmentation is blazoned.
▪ It is fully illustrated with colour photographs.
produce
▪ The addition of iron oxide produced a darker brown colour in the glaze under reducing conditions.
▪ One must produce an equivalent in colour.
▪ Dye transfer a photographic colour print using special coated papers to produce a full colour image.
▪ Metal is easily corroded, but the skill lies in producing an attractive colour which is even in tone and texture.
▪ The resultant data is then merged by the software to produce the digitised colour images displayed on your screen.
▪ This method produces the following colour differentiation in carbonate minerals: Calcite Varying through very pale pink to red.
▪ Varying quantities of these colours can be blended to produce very high quality colour output.
▪ Alternatively, manufacturers have recently produced a colour changer.
use
▪ Some places use colour coding to tell people where different things are.
▪ Most Creation 6 users know how easy it is to use colour and colour variations when designing on the screen.
▪ It is good practice in any event to use a colour that is specific to manual detergents.
▪ If you use too much colour you can end up with something that looks like a fruit salad.
▪ These cells will convey information about wavelength boundaries that could be used to compute true colour.
▪ However, weaving can also be used to add colour and interest to small area of garments.
▪ As I've said, the YC6 can be used for changing colour when knitting single bed Fair Isle.
▪ An exception might be if your local paper is one of those that sometimes use colour on their pages.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a lick of paint/colour etc
▪ Julie Mills moved into her Edwardian town house in London expecting to just give it a lick of paint.
▪ Rooms have recently had a lick of paint, but nothing too drastic, making this an unbeatable central London bargain.
a riot of colour
▪ A Delicious mural was painted, a riot of colour, with the adjoining pub lending us a ladder.
▪ Ducks are very beautiful, a riot of colour.
▪ In this quiet lane there was an extravagance of wild flowers, a riot of colour.
▪ It was a riot of colour and pattern.
▪ Most plastics, however, will display a riot of colour when treated similarly.
▪ Since it was all in bloom, the yard was a riot of colour and scent.
brightly/highly/richly etc coloured
gaily coloured/painted/decorated etc
▪ Above me, the gaily painted signs of the taverns and food shops creaked in the wind and mocked my hunger.
▪ It took up half a block of Tollemarche Avenue and was gaily painted in red and white.
▪ The gaily painted striped poles of the merry-go-round figure in almost every work.
high complexion/colouring
▪ Tone down high colouring by using a green moisturiser or under-make-up base before applying foundation.
nail your colours to the mast
richly coloured
splash of colour
▪ A fairly neutral background will make any small splash of colour sing out with particular vibrancy and significance.
▪ Are there well tendered plants and flowers in hanging baskets and window troughs bringing splashes of colour to the room?
▪ Go on, create your own splash of colour!
▪ It adds a bold splash of colour to all kinds of snacks, and turns everyday items into original-looking and great-tasting treats.
▪ This will give the curtains a larger expanse and create a striking splash of colour.
the colour/blood drains from sb's face/cheeks
the exact colour/moment/type etc
▪ But prosecutors in the Anwar Ibrahim indecency trial knew the exact moment of the chauffeur's trauma.
▪ He looked up at the screen at the exact moment Rocky gave himself the name he would henceforth carry.
▪ I can tell you the exact moment he fell in love with her.
▪ I was then sure that the brush was holding the exact colour the painting required.
▪ It is difficult to trace the exact moment at which he decided that the military situation was hopeless.
▪ The user has to judge the exact moment to stop.
with flying colours
▪ And they now look set to promote more harmonious race relations in the community after passing with flying colours.
▪ Fortunately, like the other tests, the 31-year-old convent-educated beauty passed with flying colours.
▪ He passed his exams with flying colours.
▪ He would have passed it with flying colours.
▪ Now he's gone back to driving school in an effort to pass with flying colours.
▪ So far James has never given a scrap of trouble and has passed his MoT test with flying colours.
▪ The Honey Thieves are a band who would graduate with flying colours from such a straight-forward system of appraisal.
▪ Trinity High School has just been inspected by Ofsted and come out with flying colours.
your true colours
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I like nice bright colours like yellow and pink
▪ Look carefully at the rear door. It's not quite the same colour as the rest of the car.
▪ The chameleon is able to change colour to protect itself.
▪ What's your favourite colour?
▪ What colour is his hair?
▪ You can't judge people by the colour of their skin.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Also its high resolution colour display means that the reader can use computer graphics to enhance articles or illustrations within the publication.
▪ I was thinking of the colour of her hair: Daniel, you may remember, alluded to her as a redhead.
▪ Keep drinking until it pales in colour.
▪ One of the most popular has been carnelian, which owes its reddish colour to the presence of iron oxide.
▪ Print quality was very good, with crisp, sharp text and well balanced colour graphics.
▪ River Island's creative combinations of design, rich colour and new fabrics build a versatile wardrobe for autumn/winter.
▪ The yellow tomatoes have a standard tomato flavour and provide an excellent colour contrast in salads.
II.verbCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
hair
▪ I notice his increased joviality and the way he's started colouring his hair.
▪ Used in the right concentrations, they colour hair for up to six washes and add a protective film.
▪ I know that, aesthetically, the results of colouring my hair might be an improvement.
judgement
▪ He allows no prejudice to colour his Judgement, welcoming positive suggestions and ideas put to him.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a lick of paint/colour etc
▪ Julie Mills moved into her Edwardian town house in London expecting to just give it a lick of paint.
▪ Rooms have recently had a lick of paint, but nothing too drastic, making this an unbeatable central London bargain.
a riot of colour
▪ A Delicious mural was painted, a riot of colour, with the adjoining pub lending us a ladder.
▪ Ducks are very beautiful, a riot of colour.
▪ In this quiet lane there was an extravagance of wild flowers, a riot of colour.
▪ It was a riot of colour and pattern.
▪ Most plastics, however, will display a riot of colour when treated similarly.
▪ Since it was all in bloom, the yard was a riot of colour and scent.
brightly/highly/richly etc coloured
gaily coloured/painted/decorated etc
▪ Above me, the gaily painted signs of the taverns and food shops creaked in the wind and mocked my hunger.
▪ It took up half a block of Tollemarche Avenue and was gaily painted in red and white.
▪ The gaily painted striped poles of the merry-go-round figure in almost every work.
high complexion/colouring
▪ Tone down high colouring by using a green moisturiser or under-make-up base before applying foundation.
richly coloured
splash of colour
▪ A fairly neutral background will make any small splash of colour sing out with particular vibrancy and significance.
▪ Are there well tendered plants and flowers in hanging baskets and window troughs bringing splashes of colour to the room?
▪ Go on, create your own splash of colour!
▪ It adds a bold splash of colour to all kinds of snacks, and turns everyday items into original-looking and great-tasting treats.
▪ This will give the curtains a larger expanse and create a striking splash of colour.
the exact colour/moment/type etc
▪ But prosecutors in the Anwar Ibrahim indecency trial knew the exact moment of the chauffeur's trauma.
▪ He looked up at the screen at the exact moment Rocky gave himself the name he would henceforth carry.
▪ I can tell you the exact moment he fell in love with her.
▪ I was then sure that the brush was holding the exact colour the painting required.
▪ It is difficult to trace the exact moment at which he decided that the military situation was hopeless.
▪ The user has to judge the exact moment to stop.
with flying colours
▪ And they now look set to promote more harmonious race relations in the community after passing with flying colours.
▪ Fortunately, like the other tests, the 31-year-old convent-educated beauty passed with flying colours.
▪ He passed his exams with flying colours.
▪ He would have passed it with flying colours.
▪ Now he's gone back to driving school in an effort to pass with flying colours.
▪ So far James has never given a scrap of trouble and has passed his MoT test with flying colours.
▪ The Honey Thieves are a band who would graduate with flying colours from such a straight-forward system of appraisal.
▪ Trinity High School has just been inspected by Ofsted and come out with flying colours.
your true colours
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ How can he make fair and impartial decisions when political loyalties colour his judgement?
▪ Last time I tried to colour my hair it turned red!
▪ Marigold petals were once used for colouring butter and cheese.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Both are easy to colour and mould into decorations.
▪ It was a beautiful afternoon and Nature was colouring the Moor with breathtaking tints.
▪ The dyes will colour the flower.
III.adjectivePHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a lick of paint/colour etc
▪ Julie Mills moved into her Edwardian town house in London expecting to just give it a lick of paint.
▪ Rooms have recently had a lick of paint, but nothing too drastic, making this an unbeatable central London bargain.
a riot of colour
▪ A Delicious mural was painted, a riot of colour, with the adjoining pub lending us a ladder.
▪ Ducks are very beautiful, a riot of colour.
▪ In this quiet lane there was an extravagance of wild flowers, a riot of colour.
▪ It was a riot of colour and pattern.
▪ Most plastics, however, will display a riot of colour when treated similarly.
▪ Since it was all in bloom, the yard was a riot of colour and scent.
gaily coloured/painted/decorated etc
▪ Above me, the gaily painted signs of the taverns and food shops creaked in the wind and mocked my hunger.
▪ It took up half a block of Tollemarche Avenue and was gaily painted in red and white.
▪ The gaily painted striped poles of the merry-go-round figure in almost every work.
nail your colours to the mast
richly coloured
splash of colour
▪ A fairly neutral background will make any small splash of colour sing out with particular vibrancy and significance.
▪ Are there well tendered plants and flowers in hanging baskets and window troughs bringing splashes of colour to the room?
▪ Go on, create your own splash of colour!
▪ It adds a bold splash of colour to all kinds of snacks, and turns everyday items into original-looking and great-tasting treats.
▪ This will give the curtains a larger expanse and create a striking splash of colour.
the colour/blood drains from sb's face/cheeks
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Does your new computer have a colour monitor?
▪ You need a colour television to fully appreciate nature programmes.