Lustre vs. Colour — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lustre and Colour
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Definitions
Lustre➦
Variant of luster.
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
Lustre➦
(British spelling) luster (shine, etc.)
Colour➦
Pigmentation of the skin, especially as an indication of someone's race
Discrimination on the basis of colour
Lustre➦
(geology) The way in which the surface of any particular type of mineral reflects light differently from other minerals, which is helpful in telling minerals apart.
Various kinds of minerals differ in their lustre; iron pyrites are described as having a metallic lustre, glassy materials a vitreous lustre; others, such as opal, look resinous, and the lustres of yet others are described as being either pearly, or silky, or dull, like earth.
Colour➦
Vivid appearance resulting from the juxtaposition of many bright things
For colour, plant groups of winter-flowering pansies
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Lustre➦
A glass ornament such as a prism or cut glass dangling beneath a chandelier; usually in clusters or festoons
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
Lustre➦
(dated) A chandelier, particularly one decorated with glass lustres
Colour➦
A shade of meaning
Many events in her past had taken on a different colour
Lustre➦
(British spelling) luster: A 5-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts.
Colour➦
A quantized property of quarks which can take three values (designated blue, green, and red) for each flavour.
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Lustre➦
(British spelling) luster
Colour➦
Change the colour of (something) by painting, dyeing, or shading it
He coloured her hair with a selection of blonde and brown shades
Lustre➦
Same as Luster.
Colour➦
(of a person or their skin) show embarrassment or shame by becoming red; blush
She coloured slightly
Lustre➦
A surface coating for ceramics or porcelain
Colour➦
Influence, especially in a negative way; distort
The experiences had coloured her whole existence
Lustre➦
A quality that outshines the usual
Colour➦
Variant of color.
Lustre➦
The visual property of something that shines with reflected light
Colour➦
Standard spelling of from2=Canada
Colour➦
Standard spelling of from2=Canada
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
