color

1. (US, transitive)To give something color.

   We could color the walls red.

   färben

   кра́ситьkrásitʹ, покра́ситьpokrásitʹ

   фарбува́тиfarbuváty, розфарбо́вуватиrozfarbóvuvaty, розфарбува́тиrozfarbuváty

   add color to

2. To give something color.

   (US, transitive)To cause (a pipe, especially a meerschaum) to take on a brown or black color, by smoking.

3. (US, intransitive)To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.

   My kindergartener loves to color.

   ausmalen

   раскра́шиватьraskrášivatʹ, раскра́ситьraskrásitʹ

   зафарбо́вуватиzafarbóvuvaty, зафарбува́тиzafarbuváty

4. (US)To become red through increased blood flow.

   Her face colored as she realized her mistake.

   erröten, rot werden

   красне́тьkrasnétʹ, рде́тьсяrdétʹsja

   червоні́тиčervoníty, почервоні́тиpočervoníty

5. (US)To affect without completely changing.

   That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book.

   affect as in thought or feeling

6. (US, informal)To attribute a quality to; to portray (as).

   Color me confused.

   They tried to colour the industrial unrest as a merely local matter.

7. (US)To assign colors to the vertices of a graph (or the regions of a map) so that no two vertices connected by an edge (regions sharing a border) have the same color.

   Can this graph be 2-colored?

   You can color any map with four colors.

8. (US, usually)To affect the quality of a speech sound, especially a vowel.

   The Proto-Indo-European laryngeal *h₂ often colors the neutral vowel *e with an a-like quality, while *h₃ results in a more o-like quality; *h₁ has no coloring effect.

1. What's your favorite color for shoes?

   Який у тебе улюблений колір взуття? — deniko

   deWelche Farbe gefällt dir bei Schuhen am besten? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. Tom never tells off-color jokes.

   Том ніколи не розповідає непристойні жарти. — deniko

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3. What color car did you buy?

   Ти купив машину якого кольору? — deniko

   ruКакого цвета машину ты купила? — nina99nv

   deWas für eine Farbe hat das Auto, das du gekauft hast? — Manfredo

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4. What color is your new car?

   Якого кольору твоя нова машина? — miketheknight

   ruКакого цвета твоя новая машина? — marafon

   deWelche Farbe hat dein neues Auto? — Vortarulo

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5. Do you know what color she likes?

   Ти знаєш, які їй подобаються кольори? — deniko

   ruТы знаешь, какой цвет ей нравится? — sharptoothed

   deWeißt du, welche Farbe sie mag? — xtofu80

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regular · Lesson

• color inфарбувати, розфарбуватиTo add colors to a black-and-white drawing, using colored drawing equipment.
• color upTo blush (to go red).