Give color to my pale cheek.
Shak.
4. That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors.
5. That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance.
They had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship.
Acts xxvii. 30.
That he should die is worthy policy;
But yet we want a color for his death.
Shak.