Colour Edit Meaning

1.

The british spelling of color...

americans say color

what colour is your car?

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2.

1: The british variation of the word which the Americans spell as "color".

2: A cause of lengthly and meaningless discussions over which way to spell the word is superior.

A: Bloody hell, it is spelt coloUr!

B: Hell no, it is spelt color! Without a u!

C: Whatever guys...

3.

Colour: One's perception of hue, lightness/brightness and saturation.

Note: This is the British and Canadian way of spelling colour, therefore, the correct way. I realize that American's think that they invented the English language (along with everything else)but they did not. The Brits or ENGLISH invented the language (where do you think the name came from?). Why do American's spell it color? Years ago when the first American dictionary was written, the person writing it was a horrible speller.

There are so many different pronounciations or accents in the United States, cul-er, call-or, cull-lur, cul-our, cal-or, etc.

I'm surprised they can spell anything correctly, because they seem to have difficulty with phonetics.

I love my new colouring book and crayons! Do you want to colour with me?

His depiction of the situation is coloured due to his personal involvement.

See brightness, darkness, intensity, deception, black, white

4.

the British spelling of color. (british spelling of words must be accompanied by other britishisms )

my what pretty colours you have in your podge!

Mumsy and I went to the pub to buy a chug of coloured ale.

Oh darling we aint got no more colours to paint the house with just pasty white.

See british, colours, uk

5.

A concept invented by John Logie Baird in 1928 when he got bored with black and white. Black and white is considered to be more "classic" and timeless by most people, with colour generally only accepted in today's world as a means to making commentary on televised snooker tournaments simpler.

John Logie Baird (turning in grave): If I could turn back time, I think on balance I wouldn't have invented colour.

Graverobber: Why is that John?

Baird: I just don't think it has stood the test of time.

See snooker, pool, billiards

6.

The observed property of light which is closely related to its wavelength.

A HeNe laser has a distinctive red colour of wavelength usually around 633nm.

Calling someone coloured is often considered racist.

Issac Newton decided there should be seven colours in the spectrum, even though only six are particularly well defined. Indigo only exists because of Newton's religious beliefs.

Colour is the correct spelling. :P

See colour, english, british, spelling, correct, color, wavelength

7.

The PROPER way of spelling colour.

Or color as the americans spell it.

Americans will probably spell it wrong because British spelling is too SUPERIOR and they can't understand it.

The FIRST way of spelling it, and the right way.

British dude: Do you like the colour of my thirt?

American dude: No that color is stoopid. I love pink!

British dude: YOU CAN'T EVEN SPELL!!!!!

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