That by his fellowship he color might
Both his estate and love from skill of any wight.
Spenser.
Col"or, v. i. To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.
Col"or*a*ble (?), a. Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice. "Colorable pretense for infidelity." Bp. Stillingfleet.
-- Col"or*a*ble*ness, n. -- Col"or*a*bly, adv.
Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk of human justice.
Hooker.
Col`o*ra"do bee"tle (?). (Zo÷l.) A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle.
Col`o*ra"do group (?). (Geol.) A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region.
Col`o*ra"do*ite (?), n. (Min.) Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado.
Col"or*ate (?), a. [L. coloratus, p. p. of colorare to color.] Colored. [Obs.] Ray.
Col`or*a"tion (?), n. The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored. Bacon.
The females . . . resemble each other in their general type of coloration.
Darwin.
Col"or*a*ture (?; 135), n. [Cf. G. coloratur, fr. LL. coloratura.] (Mus.) Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, or rapid passages.
Col"or-blind (?), a. Affected with color blindness. See Color blindness, under Color, n.
Col"ored (?), a. 1. Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained.
The lime rod, colored as the glede.
Chaucer.
The colored rainbow arched wide.
Spenser.
2. Specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description. Sir G. C. Lewis.
His colored crime with craft to cloke.
Spenser.