colour vs spectral color

spectral color vs colour

colour and spectral color both are nouns.

colour is an adjective but spectral color is not an adjective.

colour is a verb but spectral color is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colour	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
spectral color	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, spectral color is a hyponym of colour; that is, spectral color is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than colour:

colour: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
spectral color: a color that has hue

Other hyponyms of colour include primary color, primary colour, heather, heather mixture, mottle, shade, tincture, tint, tone, chromatic color, chromatic colour, 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.

colour (noun)	spectral color (noun)
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect	a color that has hue
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
the timbre of a musical sound
interest and variety and intensity
an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
any material used for its color

colour (adjective)	spectral color (adjective)
having or capable of producing colors

colour (verb)	spectral color (verb)
change color, often in an undesired manner
add color to
affect as in thought or feeling
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
decorate with colors
modify or bias

Difference between colour and spectral color

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