Coloquintida

Same as COLOCYNTH, q. v. Color, Colour, (kul'er,) n. [Lat. color; Fr. couleur; etymol. uncertain.] The appearance which bodies present to the eye, or a sensation caused by the rays of light reflected from bodies; as, a gay color; a sad color. -Specious appearance to the mind; semblance; false show; palliation; pretext; pretence; superficial aspect; that which conceals the real character or quality of anything. "Their sin admitted no colour or excuse." - King Charles I. -Kind; species; variety of character. "Boys and women are, for the most part, oattle of this colour." Shaks. -In the U. States, the distinguishing title applied to people of pure or mixed black blood; as, a person of color . -Any hue or tint other than white. Colors are divided into primary , secondary , and tertiary . The first are red, blue, and yellow; the second are orange, green, and purple; the third, citrine, olive, and ru et; all of which exist in a great variety of tints or hues. See PRIMARY COLORS. -Paint; dye; pigment; that which is used to give color; as, painters' colors. (Painting.) That quality of a body which affects our sensation in regard to its hue. Local colors are those which are natural to a particular object in a picture, and by which it is distinguished from other objects. Neu tral colors are those in which the hue is broken by partaking of the reflected colors of the objects which surround them. Positive colors are those unbroken by such accidents as affect neutral colors. See COLORING-MATTERS. -pl. ( Mil .) The banners or flags of regiments of infantry, on which are borne the devices, distinctions, badge, and motto of the regiment, and its number, in gold characters. The colors of a regiment are always saluted with the utmost respect by a guard, and it is customary for officers on the staff to salute colors when they are borne past at a review. The banners of regiments of dragoons are called guidons , and those of other cavalry regiments standards .