Meaning
The spectral composition of visible light.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs Proto-Italic *kelōs Old Latin colōs Latin color Old French color Anglo-Norman colurbor. Middle English colour English color From Middle English colour, color, borrowed from Anglo-Norman colur, from Old French colour, color, from Latin color. Doublet of couleur. Largely displaced English blee, Middle English blee (“color”), from Old English blēo. Also partially replaced Old English hīew (“color”) and its descendants (English hue), which is less often used in this sense. The spelling color was popularized in modern American English by Noah Webster, to match the spelling of the word's Latin etymon, and make all American spellings of the derivatives consistent (colorimeter, coloration, colorize, colorless, etc).
Synonyms & Antonyms
Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 20 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-06-17RABCKLO
- 2026-05-17LACDORT
- 2026-03-05OAURJCL
- 2026-01-03CIRNLOU
- 2025-12-28CHROLPY
- 2025-12-09LRAOCBN
- 2025-11-08OCRLHIG
- 2025-06-05RATCULO
- 2025-02-27CRAOLFI
- 2024-11-26LCHOPRY
- 2024-07-03CAKLORW
- 2024-03-24RALDCIO
+8 earlier appearances in the archive.