tone vs colour

tone and colour both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tone	Yes	No	Yes	No
colour	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, colour is a hypernym of tone; that is, colour is a word with a broader meaning than tone:

tone: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
colour: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

Other hypernyms of tone include color, coloring, colouring.

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

tone: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
colour: the timbre of a musical sound

As verbs, colour is a hypernym of tone; that is, colour is a word with a broader meaning than tone:

Other hypernyms of tone include color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize.

As verbs, colour is a hypernym of tone; that is, colour is a word with a broader meaning than tone:

Other hypernyms of tone include color, discolor, discolour.

tone (noun)	colour (noun)
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color	a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)	the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages	the timbre of a musical sound
the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author	interest and variety and intensity
a steady sound without overtones	an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
a musical interval of two semitones	(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
the quality of a person's voice	any material used for its color
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

tone (adjective)	colour (adjective)
	having or capable of producing colors

tone (verb)	colour (verb)
give a healthy elasticity to	change color, often in an undesired manner
change to a color image	add color to
change the color or tone of	affect as in thought or feeling
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically	give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
vary the pitch of one's speech	decorate with colors
	modify or bias