colour British English spelling


colour - noun

  • any material used for its color
  • a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
  • (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
  • interest and variety and intensity
  • the timbre of a musical sound
  • a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
  • an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
  • the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

    • colour - verb

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    One of the students has put in a huge amount of effort in completing Spellzone at least 3 times a week since his arrival with us in January. Looking at his scores after the latest GL testing, his standardised score has risen from 99 to 131. This is a truly phenomenal result. I just wanted to share the best result I have ever seen.

    Terrie Penrose-Toms, Casterton College

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