colour

colour
1. noun
1) (a quality which objects have, and which can be seen, only when light falls on them: What colour is her dress?; Red, blue and yellow are colours.) farge
2) (paint(s): That artist uses water-colours.) -farge
3) ((a) skin-colour varying with race: people of all colours.) (hud)farge
4) (vividness; interest: There's plenty of colour in his stories.) fargerikdom
2. adjective
((of photographs etc) in colour, not black and white: colour film; colour television.) farge-, kulørt
3. verb
(to put colour on; to paint: They coloured the walls yellow.) farge(legge), male, legge/sette farge på
4. noun
((sometimes used impolitely) a dark-skinned person especially of Negro origin.) farget, neger
- colouring
- colourless
- colours
- colour-blind
- colour scheme
- off-colour
- colour in
- show oneself in one's true colours
- with flying colours
farge
I
subst. \/ˈkʌlə\/ eller color
1) farge, kulør, koloritt (også overført)
2) farge-
colour film
colour filter
colour television
3) (ansikts)farge, kulør, teint, rødme
4) skinn, skjær
the story has some colour of truth
historien har et snev av sannhet i seg
5) (musikk) klangfarge
6) art, beskaffenhet, slag
change colour skifte farge, bli blek rødme
the colour magazines den kulørte ukepressen
colours (sport) farger (karakteristisk farget emblem eller kjennemerke, f.eks. bånd, lue, drakt, e.l.) flagg, fane
come off with flying colours klare seg med glans, greie noe med glans
desert one's colours desertere (litterært) begå faneflukt
fly the colours flagge, seile under
fly the Norwegian colours
seile under norsk flagg
fresh colours klare farger
get\/gain a colour få farge, bli brun
get\/win one's colours komme på første kull (på universitet e.l.)
give a false colour to forfalske, gi en farget fremstilling av, gi en farget skildring av
give\/lend colour to a thing gi et visst preg av sannsynlighet
have a high colour være rødmusset
incompatible colours skjærende farger
inconspicuous colours diskré farger
join the colours melde seg under fanene (dvs. bli soldat)
let's see the colour of your money! (hverdagslig) sett i gang og bla opp! , kom hit med pengene!
lose colour bli blek
lower one's colours (overført) stryke flagg
nail one's colours to the mast stå steilt (på sitt), ikke vike fra standpunktet sitt
not see the colour of a person's money (hverdagslig) ikke se snurten av pengene til noen, ikke få et rødt øre av noen
paint something in bright\/dark colours skildre (fremstille e.l.) noe i lyse\/mørke farger
see a thing in its true colours se noe i sitt rette lys
serve the colours tjene sitt land
serve with the colours tjene under fanene (dvs. være soldat)
show one's colours tone flagg, vise farge, bekjenne kulør
show one's true colours eller come out in one's true colours vise sitt sanne jeg
stick to one's colours (overført) holde fanen høyt (hevet)
strike one's colours eller strike one's flag eller strike the flag stryke flagget
turn colour skifte farge
under colour of under påskudd av, under foregivende av
under false colours under falskt flagg
II
verb \/ˈkʌlə\/ eller color
1) farge, fargelegge, kolorere, male, legge farge på, sette farge på
2) (overført) farge, fargelegge, overdrive, pynte på, sette kulør på, forskjønne, smykke, prege, sette preg på
3) få farge, skifte farge, rødme
4) dekke over, gjøre plausibel

English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.

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