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col|our|ful /kʌ lə ^r fʊl/ in AM, use colorful 1 ADJ Something that is colourful has bright colours or a lot of different colours. □  The flowers were colourful and the scenery magnificent. □  People wore colourful clothes and seemed to be having a good time. ●  col|our|ful|ly ADV □  …the sight of dozens of colourfully-dressed people.

2 ADJ A colourful story is full of exciting details. □  The story she told was certainly colourful, and extended over her life in England, Germany and Spain. □  …the country's colourful and often violent history.

3 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A colourful character is a person who behaves in an interesting and amusing way. □  A colourful character, he likes extravagant gestures.

4 ADJ [usu ADJ n] If someone has had a colourful past or a colourful career, they have been involved in exciting but often slightly shocking things. □  More details surfaced of her colourful past as the story developed.

5 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Colourful language is rude or offensive language. [POLITENESS ]

col|our|ing /kʌ lər I ŋ/ in AM, use coloring 1 N‑UNCOUNT [usu with poss] The colouring of something is the colour or colours that it is. □ [+ of ] Other countries vary the coloring of their bank notes as well as their size. □  …the scenery was losing its bright colouring.

2 N‑UNCOUNT [usu with poss] Someone's colouring is the colour of their hair, skin, and eyes. □  None of them had their father's dark colouring. □  Choose shades which tone in with your natural colouring.

3 N‑UNCOUNT Colouring is a substance that is used to give colour to food. □  A few drops of green food coloring were added.

4 → see also colour

co l|our|ing book (colouring books ) in AM, use coloring book N‑COUNT A colouring book is a book of simple drawings which children can colour in.

col|our|ist /kʌ lər I st/ (colourists ) in AM, use colorist 1 N‑COUNT A colourist is someone such as an artist or a fashion designer who uses colours in an interesting and original way.

2 N‑COUNT A colourist is a hairdresser who specializes in colouring people's hair.

col|our|less /kʌ lə ^r ləs/ in AM, use colorless 1 ADJ Something that is colourless has no colour at all. □  …a colourless, almost odourless liquid with a sharp, sweetish taste.

2 ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If someone's face is colourless , it is very pale, usually because they are frightened, shocked, or ill. □  Her face was colourless, and she was shaking. □  His complexion was colorless and he hadn't shaved.

3 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Colourless people or places are dull and uninteresting. □  We hurried through the colourless little town set on the fast-flowing Nyakchu.

co l|our scheme (colour schemes ) in AM, use color scheme N‑COUNT In a room or house, the colour scheme is the way in which colours have been used to decorate it. □  …a stylish colour scheme of olive green and mustard.

co l|our su p|plement (colour supplements ) N‑COUNT A colour supplement is a colour magazine which is one of the sections of a newspaper, especially at weekends. [BRIT ] in AM, use supplement

colt /koʊ lt/ (colts ) N‑COUNT A colt is a young male horse.

colt|ish /koʊ lt I ʃ/ ADJ A young person or animal that is coltish is full of energy but clumsy or awkward, because they lack physical skill or control. □  …coltish teenagers.

col|umn ◆◇◇ /kɒ ləm/ (columns )

1 N‑COUNT A column is a tall, often decorated cylinder of stone which is built to honour someone or forms part of a building. □  …a London landmark, Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.