color is on the Basic English 850 List.
collar - color - comb
color is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
college - color - come

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Singular
color

Plural
colors

 
Red, blue and green lights mixed make lighter colors.
 
Cyan, yellow and magenta paints mixed make darker colors.
  1. (countable & uncountable) The image caused by light in your eyes, due to light of various wavelengths hitting your retina.
    My favorite color is blue.
  2. (uncountable) The color of a person's skin, especially as an indicator of their race or ethnicity

Verb change

Plain form
color

Third-person singular
colors

Past tense
colored

Past participle
colored

Present participle
coloring

  1. To give something its color.
    Rose colored the drawing with a pencil.


Common colors (edit)

white - silver - grey - black - brown - red - orange - gold - yellow - olive - green - cyan - blue - indigo - violet - purple - magenta - pink