Color (disambiguation)

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Color is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, yellow, white, etc.

Color or colour may also refer to:

Science

Color vision, the ability of an organism or machine to distinguish objects based on light wavelength
Color charge, in particle physics, a property of quarks and gluons
Color index, in astronomy, a simple numerical expression that determines the color of an object
Primary color, a color belonging to a set of three that can be combined to make a gamut of colors
Colorimetry, the mathematical science of the measurement and perception of color
Color temperature, the temperature of a radiating black body corresponding to a given color of light
Colors of noise, the descriptions of noises based on the shape of their spectral densities
Biological pigment, colored substances in living organisms
Pigment, solid colored particles, used in paints
Dye, a colored substance that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is being applied

Colored, a term used in the U.S. to refer to black people
Coloured, a term in Southern Africa for people of mixed ethnic origin
Person of color, a term used primarily in the U.S. for a person who is not white
Human skin color, human skin pigmentation
Race (human classification), as defined when conflated with skin color

Colors (motorcycling), motorcycling club insignia
Colours, standards and guidons (and regimental colour), military flags and related ceremonies
Gang colors, colors or insignia worn by gang members
Political colour, colors associated with a political party or ideology
College Colours, a form of recognition for sporting prowess at a university; known in many places as a Blue

Color (software), a color-grading application for Apple's Final Cut Studio video production suite
Color photography
Color theory, the art of color mixing and the visual impact of color combinations
Color, in typography, the overall density and balance between white space and print in a page layout
Color wheel or color circle, a logical arrangement of colors around a circle for artistic or scientific purposes

Tone color, or timbre
Color, in medieval music theory, a sequence of repeated notes in the cantus firmus tenor of a composition, in isorhythm
Coloration, in medieval music theory, a technique of marking notes, in mensural notation

Color (band), a Japanese punk band
Colour (band), a defunct British math pop band formerly signed to Big Scary Monsters Recording Company
The Colour (band), a defunct American band whose guitarist now fronts the band The Romany Rye

Color (law) (or color of law), a legal term meaning "pretense or appearance of" some right
Color commentary, or color, in a sporting event broadcast, supplemental information offered between play-by-play calls
Colours (solitaire), a card game
Food coloring, any substance added to food to change its color
Color (finance), in mathematical finance, a characteristic of a derivative
iPod Color, a portable media player
Color Labs, a former social photo and video broadcasting smartphone application, also color.com