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11 N‑PLURAL People sometimes refer to the flag of a particular part of an army, navy, or air force, or the flag of a particular country as its colours . □  Troops raised the country's colors in a special ceremony. □  …the battalion's colours.

12 N‑PLURAL A sports team's colours are the colours of the clothes they wear when they play. □  I was wearing the team's colours.

13 → see also coloured , colouring

14 PHRASE If you pass a test with flying colours , you have done very well in the test. □  So far McAllister seemed to have passed all the tests with flying colors.

15 PHRASE If a film or television programme is in colour , it has been made so that you see the picture in all its colours, and not just in black, white, or grey. □  Was he going to show the film? Was it in colour?

16 PHRASE People of colour are people who belong to a race with dark skins. [POLITENESS ] □  Black communities spoke up to defend the rights of all people of color.

17 PHRASE If you see someone in their true colours or if they show their true colours , you realize what they are really like. □  The children are seeing him in his true colours for the first time now. □  The team showed their true colours by beating the league leaders.

▸  colour in PHRASAL VERB If you colour in a drawing, you give it different colours using crayons or paints. □ [V P n] Draw simple shapes for your child to colour in. [Also V n P ] COLLOCATIONS colour NOUN 1

noun + colour : eye, hair, skin

adjective + colour : bold, bright, strong, vibrant, vivid; light, muted, neutral, pale, pastel; cool, rich, warm; dark, deep

col|our|ant /kʌ lərənt/ (colourants ) in AM, use colorant N‑COUNT A colourant is a substance that is used to give something a particular colour. □  …a new range of hair colourants.

co lour-blind in AM, use color-blind 1 ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] Someone who is colour-blind cannot see the difference between colours, especially between red and green. □  Sixteen times as many men are colour-blind as women. ●  colour-blindness N‑UNCOUNT □  What exactly is colour-blindness and how do you find out if you have it?

2 ADJ A colour-blind system or organization does not treat people differently according to their race or nationality. □  …the introduction of more colour-blind anti-poverty programmes.

co lour-co ded in AM, use color-coded ADJ Things that are colour-coded use colours to represent different features or functions. □  The contents are emptied into colour-coded buckets.

col|oured /kʌ lə ^r d/ in AM, use colored 1 ADJ Something that is coloured a particular colour is that colour. □  The illustration shows a cluster of five roses coloured apricot-orange. □  …a cheap gold-coloured bracelet.

2 ADJ Something that is coloured is a particular colour or combination of colours, rather than being just white, black, or the colour that it is naturally. □  You can often choose between plain white or coloured and patterned scarves. □  …brightly-coloured silks laid out on market stalls.

3 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A coloured person belongs to a race of people with dark skins. [OFFENSIVE , OLD-FASHIONED ]

co l|our|fast /kʌ lə ^r fɑːst, -fæst/ in AM, use colorfast ADJ A fabric that is colourfast has a colour that will not get paler when the fabric is washed or worn.