colour (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A property of bodiesII. A pigment1. pigmentum2. cŏlorIII. Pretext (q. v.)IV. In pl. only • colour (subs.): I. A property of bodies: cŏlor, ōris, m.: c.s cannot exist without light, c. esse sine luce nequeunt, Lucr.: a white c., c. albus, Cic.: a fresh or lively c., c. vegetus, Plin.: a full or strong c., c. satur, Plin.. a faint c., c. dilutus, Plin. Very often of the natural hue of a healthy face: to come into the senate with a good fresh c. in the face, forti c. in senatum venire, Front. ad M. Caes.: natural c., c. verus, Ter.; as opp. to paint (c. fucatus, Hor.). to change one's c., i. e. to turn pale, colores mutare, Hor.: Cic. (N.B. When color is used alone, it generally denotes a bright hue: as, nullus argento color est, Hor. Od. 2, 2, 1.) Adject.: of the same c., concŏlor, ōris (with dat.): the sea is of the same c. with the sands, pontus c. est arenis, Ov.: Virg.: of a different c., discŏlor, ōris (also with dat.): Cic.: Ov.: of many c.s, multĭcŏlor: Plin.: Apul.: of changing or varied c.s, versĭcŏlor: Cic.: Virg. II. A pigment: 1. pigmentum: Cic.: Plin. 2. cŏlor: to lay on various c.s, varios inducere c., Hor.: Plin.: c.s which are natural or artificial, c. qui nascuntur, finguntur s. fiunt, Plin.: Vitr.: oil c.s, c. oleo temperati atque mixti, cf. Vitr. 7, 14, 1. Hence fig. of the peculiar complexion of a work of genius: Hor. A. P. 86. Phr.: to depict anything in its true c.s, *aliquid lineamentis suis fideliter s. exacte describere; alicujus rei verum exprimere imaginem: to depict anything in lively c.s, aliquid varie oratione pingere, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4: to depict a crime in the blackest c.s, crimen atrociter, atrocissime describere, cf. Tac. A. 13, 19: to give an unfavourable c. to a thing, i. e. put a bad construction upon it, aliquid sinistre interpretari, cf. Tac. Agr. 5. III. Pretext (q. v.): spĕcies, praetextus. IV. In pl. only: the flag or standard of a body of troops (q. v.): signum, vexillum.
colour (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. cŏlōro, 12. fūco, 1 (only of dyeing or of using false, meretricious colouring)3. tingo, infĭcioII. Fig. • colour (v.): I. Lit.: 1. cŏlōro, 1: to shape and c. atoms, individua corpora formare, c., Cic. Fig.: when I have been reading those books attentively, I feel that my language is, as it were, c.'d by contact with them, quum istos libros studiosius legerim, sentio orationem meam illorum tactu quasi colorari, Cic. 2. fūco, 1 (only of dyeing or of using false, meretricious colouring): Virg.: Gell. 3. tingo, infĭcio: v. to dye, stain. II. Fig.: v. to palliate, pretend.