COLOUR AS A NOUN
BE//LOOK/FEEL OFF: I do not feel so well.
CHANGE COLOUR: Become pale and red
LEND COLOUR TO SOMETHING: Make something look possible.
GIVE A FALSE COLOUR TO SOMETHING: Give an unreal image
LOCAL COLOUR: Of a particular area in the world
SEE SOMETHING IN ITS TRUE COLOURS: See something as it is in reality
COLOUR BLIND: Somebody who cannot recognise the colours around him/her
WATER/OIL COLOURS: Used for painting
PAINT SOMETHING IN BRIGHT OR DARK COLOURS: Describe something in a pessimistic or optimistic way
COME OFF WITH FLYING COLOURS: Have a great success
JOIN THE COLOURS: Join the army
LOWER ONE'S COLOURS: I surrender
SAIL UNDER FALSE COLOURS: Show something different than what I am
SHOW ONE'S TRUE COLOURS: who I am
STICK TO ONE'S COLOURS: Be faithful to my opinions
COLOUR BAR: According to a race
COLOURFUL: With vivid colours
COLOURLESS: Without colours
Comments
I WILL NOT OMIT OF COURSE COLOUR AS A VERB
COLOUR A WALL GREEN: paint the wall with this nice colour of grass
THE LEAVES HAVE BECOME TO COLOUR: the leaves started to take colours
SHE IS SO SHY THAT SHE COLOURS WHEN YOU SPEAK TO HER: she turns red when somebody talks to her
NEWS ARE OFTEN COLOURED: There is an exaggeration in information
TRAVELLERS' TALES ARE OFTEN COLOURED: The stories are not real
COLOURED PERSON: A negro
COLOURING MATTER: A substance in food products