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colour vs tan

tan vs colour

colour and tan both are nouns.

colour and tan both are adjectives.

colour and tan both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
colour Yes Yes Yes No
tan Yes Yes Yes No
As verbs, tan is a hyponym of colour; that is, tan is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than colour:
  • colour: change color, often in an undesired manner
  • tan: get a tan, from wind or sun
Other hyponyms of colour include blush, crimson, flush, redden, blanch, blench, pale, bronze, burn, sunburn, white, whiten, black, blacken, melanise, melanize, turn, silver, dye, redden, purple, gray, grey, yellow, tone, green, blue.
colour (noun) tan (noun)
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect a light brown the color of topaz
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
the timbre of a musical sound a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
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) tan (adjective)
having or capable of producing colors of a light yellowish-brown color
colour (verb) tan (verb)
change color, often in an undesired manner get a tan, from wind or sun
add color to treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
affect as in thought or feeling
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
decorate with colors
modify or bias
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