Paint vs. Colour

Paint vs. Colour — Is There a Difference?

Difference Between Paint and Colour

Paintnoun

A liquid mixture, usually of a solid pigment in a liquid vehicle, used as a decorative or protective coating.

Colournoun

Variant of color.

Paintnoun

The thin dry film formed by such a mixture when applied to a surface.

Colournoun

standard spelling of from=AU|from2=Canada|from3=Ireland|from4=NZ|from5=UK|color

Paintnoun

The solid pigment before it is mixed with a vehicle.

Colouradjective

standard spelling of from=AU|from2=Canada|from3=Ireland|from4=NZ|from5=UK|color

Paintnoun

A cosmetic, such as rouge, that is used to give color to the face; makeup.

Colourverb

standard spelling of from=AU|from2=Canada|from3=Ireland|from4=NZ|from5=UK|color

Paintnoun

(Basketball) The free throw lane.

Colournoun

any material used for its color;

she used a different color for the trim

Paintnoun

A Paint horse.

Colournoun

a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)

Paintnoun

(Slang) The face cards in a deck of cards

I haven't seen any paint for the last ten hands.

Colournoun

(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors

Paintverb

To make (a picture) with paints.

Colournoun

interest and variety and intensity;

the Puritan Period was lacking in color

Paintverb

To represent in a picture with paints.

Colournoun

the timbre of a musical sound;

the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music

Paintverb

To depict vividly in words.

Colournoun

a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect;

a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light

Paintverb

To coat or decorate with paint

paint a house.

Colournoun

an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading;

he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticityhe tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanctionthe situation soon took on a different color

Paintverb

To apply cosmetics to.

Colournoun

the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

Paintverb

To apply medicine to; swab

paint a wound.

Colourverb

modify or bias;

His political ideas color his lectures

Paintverb

To shine a laser beam on, especially in order to designate a target for laser-guided munitions.

Colourverb

decorate with colors;

color the walls with paint in warm tones

Paintverb

To practice the art of painting pictures.

Colourverb

gloss or excuse;

color a lie

Paintverb

To cover something with paint.

Colourverb

affect as in thought or feeling;

My personal feelings color my judgment in this caseThe sadness tinged his life

Paintverb

To apply cosmetics to oneself

"Let her paint an inch thick, to this favor she must come" (Shakespeare).

Colourverb

add color to;

The child colored the drawingsFall colored the treescolorize black and white film

Paintverb

To serve as a surface to be coated with paint

These nonporous surfaces paint badly with a brush.

Colourverb

change color, often in an undesired manner;

The shirts discolored

Paintnoun

A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.

Colouradjective

having or capable of producing colors;

color filmhe rented a color televisionmarvelous color illustrations

Paintnoun

(in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.

Paintnoun

The free-throw lane, construed with the.

The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint.

Paintnoun

Paintballs.

I am running low on paint for my marker.

Paintnoun

A face card (king, queen, or jack).

Paintnoun

Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.

Paintnoun

Makeup.

Paintverb

(transitive) To apply paint to.

Paintverb

(transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.

Paintverb

(transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.

Paintverb

(transitive) To create (an image) with paints.

to paint a portrait or a landscape

Paintverb

(intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.

I've been painting since I was a young child.

Paintverb

To draw an element in a graphical user interface.

Paintverb

To depict or portray.

She sued the author of the biography, claiming it painted her as a duplicitous fraud.

Paintverb

(intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.

Paintverb

To direct a radar beam toward.

Paintnoun

a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating

Paintnoun

(basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court;

he hit a jump shot from the top of the keyhe dominates play in the paint

Paintnoun

makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks

Paintverb

make a painting;

he painted all day in the gardenHe painted a painting of the garden

Paintverb

apply paint to; coat with paint;

We painted the rooms yellow

Paintverb

make a painting of;

He painted his mistress many times

Paintverb

apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil