Color Color (or colour in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences) is the visual perception based on the electromagnetic spectrum. Though co ...

or colour is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, yellow, blue, green, etc. Color, colors, colour and colours may also refer to:

Science

Color charge Color charge is a property of quarks and gluons that is related to the particles' strong interactions in the theory of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Like electric charge, it determines how quarks and gluons interact through the strong force; ho ...

, in particle physics, a property of quarks and gluons *

Color index In astronomy, the color index is a simple numerical expression that determines the color of an object, which in the case of a star gives its temperature. The lower the color index, the more blue (or hotter) the object is. Conversely, the larg ...

, in astronomy, a simple numerical expression that determines the color of an object *

Color temperature Color temperature is a parameter describing the color of a visible light source by comparing it to the color of light emitted by an idealized opaque, non-reflective body. The temperature of the ideal emitter that matches the color most clos ...

, the temperature of a radiating black body corresponding to a given color of light *

Color vision Color vision, a feature of visual perception, is an ability to perceive differences between light composed of different frequencies independently of light intensity. Color perception is a part of the larger visual system and is mediated by a co ...

, the ability of an organism or machine to distinguish objects based on light wavelength *

Colorimetry Colorimetry is "the science and technology used to quantify and describe physically the human color perception". It is similar to spectrophotometry, but is distinguished by its interest in reducing spectra to the physical correlates of color p ...

, the mathematical science of the measurement and perception of color *

Colors of noise In audio engineering, electronics, physics, and many other fields, the color of noise or noise spectrum refers to the power spectrum of a noise signal (a signal produced by a stochastic process). Different colors of noise have significantly ...

, the descriptions of noises based on the shape of their spectral densities *

Dye Juan de Guillebon, better known by his stage name DyE, is a French musician. He is known for the music video of the single "Fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical ele ...

, a colored substance that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is being applied **

Food coloring Food coloring, color additive or colorant is any dye, pigment, or substance that imparts color when it is added to food or beverages. Colorants can be supplied as liquids, powders, gels, or pastes. Food coloring is commonly used in commercia ...

, any substance added to food to change its color *

Pigment A pigment is a powder used to add or alter color or change visual appearance. Pigments are completely or nearly solubility, insoluble and reactivity (chemistry), chemically unreactive in water or another medium; in contrast, dyes are colored sub ...

, solid colored particles, used in paints **

Biological pigment A biological pigment, also known simply as a pigment or biochrome, is a substance produced by living organisms that have a color resulting from selective Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), color absorption. Biological pigments include plant ...

, colored substances in living organisms *

Primary color Primary colors are colorants or colored lights that can be mixed in varying amounts to produce a gamut of colors. This is the essential method used to create the perception of a broad range of colors in, e.g., electronic displays, color prin ...

, a color belonging to a set of three that can be combined to make a gamut of colors

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Colors'' (film), a 1988 film starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall * ''Colours'' (film), a 2009 Indian Malayalam film

Games

* ''Colors'' (video game), a cancelled video game for the Gizmondo GPS console * Colours (solitaire), a card game * ''

Colors! ''Colors!'' is a series of digital painting applications for handheld game consoles and mobile devices. Originally created as a homebrew application for Nintendo DS (as ''Colors!''), which was since legitimately distributed on PlayStation Vita, ...

'', a Nintendo DS homebrew program * ''

Sonic Colors (known as ''Sonic Colours'' in PAL regions) is a 2010 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It follows Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Sonic's quest to stop his nemesis Doctor Eggman from enslaving an alien race and tak ...

'', a 2010 video game for the

Wii The Wii ( ) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released on November 19, 2006, in North America, and in December 2006 for most other regions of the world. It is Nintendo's fifth major home game console, f ...

Literature

* ''

The Colour ''The Colour'' is a 2003 novel by Rose Tremain, which was nominated for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction. It is set in New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main la ...

'', a 2003 novel by Rose Tremain * ''Color'', a 1925 poetry collection by

Countee Cullen Countee Cullen (born Countee LeRoy Porter; May 30, 1903 – January 9, 1946) was an American poet, novelist, children's writer, and playwright, particularly well known during the Harlem Renaissance. Early life Childhood Countee LeRoy Porter ...

Theater

* ''The Colours'' (play), a 2019 play by Harriet Madeley

Music

Groups

Color (band) Color (stylized as COLOR) was a Japanese punk rock band formed in Osaka in 1985 by vocalist Dynamite Tommy, who founded the Free-Will record label a year later.

, a Japanese punk band * Colour, a defunct British math pop band formerly signed to

Big Scary Monsters Recording Company Big Scary Monsters Recording Company (often known simply as Big Scary Monsters or BSM Records) is an independent record label based in Oxford, England. Its releases include American Football, Lambrini Girls, La Dispute, Modern Baseball, L ...

* The Colour, a defunct American band whose guitarist now fronts the band

The Romany Rye ''The Romany Rye'' is a novel by George Borrow, written in 1857 as a sequel to '' Lavengro'' (1851). The novel Largely thought to be at least partly autobiographical, ''The Romany Rye'' follows from ''Lavengro'' (1851). The title can be trans ...

The Color (band) The Color is a Canadian Christian music group from Winkler, Manitoba.Sylvia St. Cyr"The Color's new music video conveys child-like wonder of God" CHVN-FM, May 13, 2021. They are a 2x Juno Award Winning Band that is most noted for their 2017 album ...

, Canadian Christian music group

Albums

''Color(s)'' * ''Color'' (NEWS album), 2008 * ''Color'' (Katie Gately album), 2016 * ''Color'' (EP), a 2022 EP by Kwon Eun-bi * ''Colors'' (Beck album), 2017 * ''Colors'' (Between the Buried and Me album), 2007 * ''Colors'' (CNBLUE album), 2015 * ''Colors'' (Laleh album), 2013 * ''Colors ''(Ken Nordine album), 1966 * ''Colors'' (Kyuhyun album), 2024 * ''Colors'' (House of Heroes album), 2016 * ''Colors'' (EP), a 2015 EP by Miss A * ''Colors'' (Rina Aiuchi album), 2010 * ''Colors'' (mixtape), 2022, by YoungBoy Never Broke Again * ''Colors'', a 1990 album by

Mari Hamada is a Japanese rock singer and songwriter. Having performed in bands since high school, Hamada made her professional debut as a solo act in 1983. She quickly became known as the . In 2019, Hamada become the first Japanese musician to top the vo ...

* ''Colors'', a 1974 album by

Raul de Souza Raul de Souza (23 August 1934 -– 23 June 2021), also known as Raulzinho, was a Brazilian trombonist who recorded with Sérgio Mendes, Flora Purim, Airto Moreira, Milton Nascimento, Sonny Rollins, Hermeto Pascoal, Cal Tjader and the jazz/fusion ...

* ''Color'', a 2010 EP by

Girugamesh is a Japanese rock band, formed in 2003. Their name is sometimes stylized with a metal umlaut as girugämesh and is derived from the ''Final Fantasy'' character. They disbanded on July 10, 2016, although announced a new song, to celebrate lab ...

* ''The Color'' (album), a 2011 album by Yellowbirds ''Colour(s)'' * ''Colour'' (Andy Hunter album), 2008 * ''Colour'' (The Christians album), 1990 * ''Colours'' (Adam F album), 1997 * ''Colours'' (Ayumi Hamasaki album), 2014 * ''Colours'' (Baccara album), 1979 * ''Colours'' (Christopher album), 2012 * ''Colours'' (1972 Donovan album) * ''Colours'' (1987 Donovan album) * ''Colours'' (1991 Donovan album) * ''Colours'' (Eloy album), 1980 * ''Colours'' (Graffiti6 album), 2010 * ''Colours'' (Mark Norman album), 2007 * ''Colours'' (Michael Learns to Rock album), 1993 * ''Colours'' (Nadia Oh album), 2011 * ''Colours'' (Resurrection Band album), 1980 * ''Colours'' (Stone album), 1990 * ''Colours'' (PartyNextDoor EP), 2014 * ''Colours'' (Solar EP), 2024 * ''Colours'', a 1999 album by

The Ten Tenors The TEN Tenors (also known as TTT) are an Australian music ensemble, first formed in 1995. Current members *Cameron Barclay *Sam Ward *Michael Edwards *Adrian Li Donni *Ammon Bennett *Jared Newall *Boyd Owen *Joe Naim *Daniel Belle *JD Smith Ba ...

* ''Colours'', a 2019 EP by

Pixey Elizabeth Sinead Hillesdon (born 12 March 1995), known professionally as Pixey, is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. She began recording and releasing demos in 2016, and made her professional debut in 2020. Early ...

Songs

;''Color(s)'' * "Colors" (Broiler song), 2013 * "Colors" (Flow song), 2006 * "Colors" (Halsey song), 2016 * "Colors" (Hikaru Utada song), 2003 * "Colors" (Ice-T song), 1988 * "Colors" (Jason Derulo song), 2018 * "Colors" (Morandi song), 2009 * "Color", a 2010 song by The Maine from '' Black & White'' * "Color", a 2016 song by Todrick Hall from ''

Straight Outta Oz ''Straight Outta Oz'' is the second solo studio album and original musical, written and produced by American singer-songwriter and YouTube celebrity Todrick Hall with music produced by Jeeve Ducornet and wiidope, released on 23 June 2016. Feature ...

'' * "Color", a 2017 song by Carly Pearce from '' Every Little Thing'' * "Colors", a 1990 song by Iced Earth from ''

Iced Earth Iced Earth is an American Heavy metal music, heavy metal band currently composed of only Jon Schaffer, formed in Tampa, Florida, and based in Columbus, Indiana. They were formed in 1984 under the name the Rose, then Purgatory, by guitarist, ma ...

'' * "Colors", a 2004 song by Crossfade from '' Crossfade'' * "Colors", a 2007 song by The Rocket Summer from ''

Do You Feel ''Do You Feel'' is the Rocket Summer's third full-length album, released on July 17, 2007, through Island Records. On this album, Bryce Avary incorporates more diverse instrumentation, including saxophone. Initially available on MySpace on Jul ...

'' * "Colors (Into Nothing)", a 2012 song by Code Orange from '' Love Is Love/Return to Dust'' * "Colors", a 2015 song by Hardwell from ''

United We Are ''United We Are'' is the debut studio album by Dutch DJ and record producer Hardwell. It was released on 23 January 2015 by Cloud 9 Music, Revealed Recordings, Sony Music and Ultra Music. Singles " Young Again" was released as the lead single ...

'' * "Colors", a 2016 song by Eric Saade from '' Saade'' * "Colors", a 2016 song by OneRepublic from ''Oh My My'' * "Colors", a 2016 song by

Stella Jang Jang Seong-eun (; born November 18, 1991), known professionally as Stella Jang (), is a South Korean singer-songwriter. Early life and education Jang was born on November 18, 1991. Her father was a missionary, and her mother worked for a welfar ...

from the EP of the same name * "Colors", a 2017 song by Beck from ''

Colors Color (or colour in Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is the visual perception based on the electromagnetic spectrum. Though color is not an inherent property of matter, color perception is related to an object's light absorpt ...

'' * "Colors", a 2017 song by Day6 from '' Moonrise (Day6 album)'' * "Colors", a 2018 song by

Iz*One Iz*One ( ; ; ; stylized in all caps) was a South Korean–Japanese girl group formed through the Mnet (TV channel), Mnet reality competition show ''Produce 48''. The group was composed of twelve members: Jang Won-young, Sakura Miyawaki, Jo Yu-r ...

from ''Color*Iz'' * "Colors", a 2019 song by Black Pumas from ''

Black Pumas Black Pumas is an American psychedelic soul band based in Austin, Texas, led by singer/songwriter Eric Burton and guitarist/record producer, producer Adrian Quesada. The group received its first Grammy Award nomination in 2020 for Best New Artis ...

'' * "Colors", a 2019 song by Loona from '' X X'' * "Colors", a 2021 song by

Lauren Jauregui Lauren Michelle Jauregui Morgado (; born June 27, 1996) is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, which became one of the List of best-selling girl groups, best-selling girl groups ...

* "Colors", a 2022 song by Gryffin from '' Alive'' ;''Colour(s)'' * "Colours" (Donovan song), 1965 * "Colours" (Grouplove song), 2011 * "Colour", a 1998 song by Seal from ''

Human Being Humans (''Homo sapiens'') or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus ''Homo''. They are Hominidae, great apes characterized by their Prehistory of nakedness and clothing ...

'' * "Colours", a 2013 song by Age of Consent from ''

The Music of Grand Theft Auto V The music for the 2013 action-adventure video game ''Grand Theft Auto V'', developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games, was composed by German electronic music group Tangerine Dream, American composer Woody Jackson, and American ...

'' * "Colours", a 2007 song by Calvin Harris from ''

I Created Disco ''I Created Disco'' is the debut studio album by the Scottish musician Calvin Harris, released on 15 June 2007 by Columbia Records. It was preceded by the singles " Acceptable in the 80s" and " The Girls", which both reached the top ten on both ...

'' * "Colours", a 2006 song by Hot Chip from '' The Warning'' * "Colours", a 1989 song by Phil Collins from '' ...But Seriously'' * "Colours", a 2012 song by The Chevin from '' Borderland'' * "Colours", a 2009 song by The Prodigy from ''

Invaders Must Die ''Invaders Must Die'' is the fifth studio album by English electronic dance music group The Prodigy. The album was released on 23 February 2009 on the band's new record label Take Me to the Hospital, and was distributed by Cooking Vinyl. Althou ...

'' * "Colours", a 1989 song by The Sisters of Mercy from '' Floodland'' * "Colours", a 2019 song by Keiino * "Colours", a 2019 song by

Other uses in music

Tone color In music, timbre (), also known as tone color or tone quality (from psychoacoustics), is the perceived sound of a musical note, sound or musical tone, tone. Timbre distinguishes sounds according to their source, such as choir voices and musica ...

, or timbre * Color, in medieval music theory, a sequence of repeated notes in the cantus firmus tenor of a composition, in

isorhythm Isorhythm (from the Greek for "the same rhythm") is a musical technique using a repeating rhythmic pattern, called a ''talea'', in at least one voice part throughout a composition. ''Taleae'' are typically applied to one or more melodic patterns o ...

* Coloration, in medieval music theory, a technique of marking notes, in

mensural notation Mensural notation is the musical notation system used for polyphony, polyphonic European vocal music from the late 13th century until the early 17th century. The term "mensural" refers to the ability of this system to describe precisely measur ...

Television

Colors TV Colors TV is an Indian general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. Its programming consists of Soap opera, family dramas, Comedy, comedies, fantasy shows, youth-oriented Rea ...

, an Indian television channel *

Colours (TV channel) Cignal TV, Inc. (formerly known as GV Broadcasting System), also known by its legal trading name Mediascape Inc., is a Filipino media and telecommunications firm in the Philippines. A wholly owned subsidiary of the media company MediaQuest Ho ...

, a defunct Philippine satellite television channel * "Color", an episode of the Adult Swim television series ''

Off the Air In broadcasting, a dark television station or silent radio station is one that has gone off the air for an indefinite period of time. Usually unlike dead air (broadcasting only silence), a station that is dark or silent does not even transmit a ...

'' * "Colours", an episode of the TV series ''

Pocoyo ''Pocoyo'' ( in Spanish and stylised as ''POCOYO'') is an animated interactive preschool comedy television series created by David Cantolla, Luis Gallego, and Guillermo García Carsí, that premiered on 7 January 2005 on La 2. The series was ...

Visual art

* Color analysis (art), a process of determining the colors that best suit an individual's natural coloring *

Color code A color code is a system for encoding and representing non-color information with colors to facilitate communication. This information tends to be categorical (representing unordered/qualitative categories) though may also be sequential (repr ...

, a system for displaying information by using different colors *

Color photography Color photography (also spelled as colour photography in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English) is photography that uses media capable of capturing and reproducing colors. By contrast, black-and-white or gray-monochrome ...

Color theory Color theory, or more specifically traditional color theory, is a historical body of knowledge describing the behavior of colors, namely in color mixing, color contrast effects, color harmony, color schemes and color symbolism. Modern color th ...

, the art of color mixing and the visual impact of color combinations *

Color wheel A color wheel or color circle is an abstract illustrative organization of color hues around a circle, which shows the relationships between primary colors, secondary colors, tertiary colors etc. Some sources use the terms ''color wheel'' an ...

or color circle, a logical arrangement of colors around a circle for artistic or scientific purposes * Color, in

typography Typography is the art and technique of Typesetting, arranging type to make written language legibility, legible, readability, readable and beauty, appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, Point (typogra ...

, the overall density and balance between white space and print in a page layout

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Color'' (manga), a 1999 Japanese manga *

Color commentary A color commentator or expert commentator is a sports commentator who assists the main (play-by-play) commentator, typically by filling in when play is not in progress. The person may also be referred to as a summariser (outside North America) ...

, or color, in a sporting event broadcast, supplemental information offered between play-by-play calls * ''Colors'' (magazine), a multilingual quarterly magazine *COLORS, or

ColorsxStudios ColorsxStudios GmbH (formerly Colors Media UG), commonly known as Colors (stylized in all caps), is a German music performance platform that aims at introducing and showcasing emerging artist talent in the form of videos with minimalist aesthet ...

, a German live performance media company and YouTube channel

Computing and technology

* Color (software), a color-grading application for Apple's Final Cut Studio video production suite * Color Labs, a former social photo and video broadcasting smartphone application, also known as color.com

Finance and law

Color of law In the United States Code, the term color of law describes and defines an action that has either a "mere semblance of legal right", or the "pretense of right", or the "appearance of right", which adjusts and ''colors'' the law to the circumstan ...

, a legal term meaning "pretense or appearance of" some right * Color, also known as gamma decay, the derivative of gamma with respect to time

Insignia and groups

Colors (motorcycling) Colors are the insignia, or "patches", worn by motorcycle club members on cut-off vests to identify membership of their club and territorial location. Club patches have been worn by many different groups since the 1960s. They are regarded by ma ...

, motorcycling club insignia *

Military colours In military organizations, the practice of carrying colours, standards, flags, or guidons, both to act as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of the commander, is thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt some 5,000 year ...

, flags of a regiment, battalion, etc. *

Gang colors Gang colors include clothing, accessories, or tattoos of a specific color or colors that represent an affiliation to a specific gang or gang branch. History England The first recorded criminal street gangs in England were organized in London in ...

, colors or insignia worn by gang members *

Political colour Political colours are colours used to represent a political ideology, movement or party, either officially or unofficially. They represent the intersection of colour symbolism and political symbolism. Politicians making public appearances ...

, colors associated with a political party or ideology *

Sporting colours Sporting colours or just colours (sometimes with a modifier, e.g. club colours or school colours) are awarded to members of a university or school who have excelled in a sport. Many schools do not limit their use to sport but may also give colour ...

, a form of recognition for sporting prowess at a university; known in many places as a Blue * Color Health, a population health company that provides genetic tests * Colors (symbolic), representative of institutions, for example as at List of Oklahoma state symbols

Skin color, ethnicity, or race

Colored ''Colored'' (or ''coloured'') is a racial descriptor historically used in the United States during the Jim Crow era to refer to an African American. In many places, it may be considered a slur. Dictionary definitions The word ''colored'' wa ...

, a potentially offensive term used in the U.S. to refer to people of certain ethnicities *

Coloureds Coloureds () are multiracial people in South Africa, Namibia and, to a smaller extent, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Their ancestry descends from the interracial mixing that occurred between Europeans, Africans and Asians. Interracial mixing in South ...

, a term in Southern Africa for people of mixed ethnic origin *

Human skin color Human skin color ranges from the Dark skin, darkest brown to the Light skin, lightest hues. Differences in Human skin, skin color among individuals is caused by variation in pigmentation, which is largely the result of genetics (inherited from o ...

, human skin pigmentation *

Person of color The term "person of color" (: people of color or persons of color; abbreviated POC) is used to describe any person who is not considered "white". In its current meaning, the term originated in, and is associated with, the United States. From th ...

, a term used primarily in the U.S. for a person who is not white *

Race (human categorization) Race is a categorization of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into groups generally viewed as distinct within a given society. The term came into common usage during the 16th century, when it was used to refer to groups of va ...

, as defined when conflated with skin color

Other

Colors (restaurant) Colors was a 70-seat restaurant on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City. The September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center destroyed the popular Windows on the World restaurant, and, when many of its former workers remained unemploy ...

, a restaurant in New York City