Ashen vs. Colour — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ashen and Colour
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Ashen
Consisting of ashes.
Colour
The property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light
The lights flickered and changed colour
Ashen
Resembling ashes, especially in color; very pale
A face ashen with grief.
Colour
Pigmentation of the skin, especially as an indication of someone's race
Discrimination on the basis of colour
Ashen
Of, relating to, or made from the wood of the ash tree.
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Colour
Vivid appearance resulting from the juxtaposition of many bright things
For colour, plant groups of winter-flowering pansies
Ashen
Made from the wood of the ash-tree.
An ashen bow and quiver of arrows beside.
Colour
An item or items of a particular colour worn to identify or distinguish an individual or a member of a group, in particular a jockey or a member of a sports team
It was Devon Loch's first victory in the colours of his royal owner
It will be strange running on to the pitch in another team's colours
Ashen
Of or resembling ashes.
A fine, ashen dust hung in the air.
Colour
A shade of meaning
Many events in her past had taken on a different colour
Ashen
Ash-colored; pale; anemic, anaemic; appalled.
His ashen face belied his claims of good health.
Colour
A quantized property of quarks which can take three values (designated blue, green, and red) for each flavour.
Ashen
(ambitransitive) To turn into ash; make or become ashy
Colour
Change the colour of (something) by painting, dyeing, or shading it
He coloured her hair with a selection of blonde and brown shades
Ashen
(ambitransitive) To make or become pale
Colour
(of a person or their skin) show embarrassment or shame by becoming red; blush
She coloured slightly
Ashen
Of or pertaining to the ash tree.
Colour
Influence, especially in a negative way; distort
The experiences had coloured her whole existence
Ashen
Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray.
The ashen hue of age.
Colour
Variant of color.
Ashen
Obs. pl. for Ashes.
Colour
Standard spelling of from2=Canada
Ashen
Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion;
A face turned ashen
The invalid's blanched cheeks
Tried to speak with bloodless lips
A face livid with shock
Lips...livid with the hue of death
Lips white with terror
A face white with rage
Colour
Standard spelling of from2=Canada
Ashen
Made of wood of the ash tree
Colour
Standard spelling of from2=Canada
Colour
See Color.
Colour
Any material used for its color;
She used a different color for the trim
Colour
A race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
Colour
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
Colour
Interest and variety and intensity;
The Puritan Period was lacking in color
Colour
The timbre of a musical sound;
The recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
Colour
A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect;
A white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light
Colour
An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading;
He hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity
He tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
The situation soon took on a different color
Colour
The appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
Colour
Modify or bias;
His political ideas color his lectures
Colour
Decorate with colors;
Color the walls with paint in warm tones
Colour
Gloss or excuse;
Color a lie
Colour
Affect as in thought or feeling;
My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
The sadness tinged his life
Colour
Add color to;
The child colored the drawings
Fall colored the trees
Colorize black and white film
Colour
Change color, often in an undesired manner;
The shirts discolored
Colour
Having or capable of producing colors;
Color film
He rented a color television
Marvelous color illustrations
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