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color vs tone

tone vs color

color and tone both are nouns.

color is an adjective but tone is not an adjective.

color and tone both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
color Yes Yes Yes No
tone Yes No Yes No
As nouns, tone is a hyponym of color; that is, tone is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than color:
  • color: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
  • tone: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
Other hyponyms of color include primary color, primary colour, heather, heather mixture, mottle, shade, tincture, tint, chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour, achromatic color, achromatic colour, coloration, colouration, complexion, skin color, skin colour, dithered color, dithered colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour, eye color, eye colour.
As nouns, tone is a hypernym of color; that is, tone is a word with a broader meaning than color:
  • color: the timbre of a musical sound
  • tone: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
Other hypernyms of color include quality, timber, timbre.
As verbs, tone is a hyponym of color; that is, tone is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than color:
  • color: add color to
  • tone: change to a color image
Other hyponyms of color include blackwash, motley, parti-color, polychrome, polychromise, polychromize, azure, empurple, purple, purpurate, aurify, verdigris, pinkify, incarnadine, brown, embrown, handcolor, handcolour, tinct, tinge, tint, touch, pigment, hue, imbue, retouch, silver, gray, grey, redden, blotch, mottle, streak.
As verbs, tone is a hyponym of color; that is, tone is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than color:
  • color: change color, often in an undesired manner
  • tone: change the color or tone of
Other hyponyms of color include blush, crimson, flush, redden, blanch, blench, pale, bronze, tan, burn, sunburn, white, whiten, black, blacken, melanise, melanize, turn, silver, dye, redden, purple, gray, grey, yellow, green, blue.
color (noun) tone (noun)
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
the timbre of a musical sound (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
interest and variety and intensity the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading a steady sound without overtones
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction a musical interval of two semitones
any material used for its color the quality of a person's voice
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
color (adjective) tone (adjective)
having or capable of producing colors
color (verb) tone (verb)
add color to give a healthy elasticity to
change color, often in an undesired manner change to a color image
affect as in thought or feeling change the color or tone of
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
decorate with colors vary the pitch of one's speech
modify or bias
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