Color

a. To give some kind of color to; to tint; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain; as, to color a photograph. "The rays, to speak properly, are not coloured ." -Newton. -To give a specious appearance to; to set in a fair light; to palliate; to excuse; to make plausible; to exaggerate in representation; as, to color a description. "I would not favour or colour in any sort his former folly." Raleigh. To color a stranger's goods. To allow a foreigner to enter goods at the custom-house in the name of a citizen, to avoid the alien's duty. -ข.1. To show color as a sign of confusion; to turn red in the face; to blush.