1 a quality which objects have, and which can be seen, only when light falls on them: “What colour is her dress?”
kleur

2 paint(s): “That artist uses water-colours.”
verf

3 (a) skin-colour varying with race: “people of all colours.”
huidskleur

4 vividness; interest: “There's plenty of colour in his stories.”
kleur
(of photographs etc) in colour, not black and white: “colour film”
kleuren-
to put colour on; to paint: “They coloured the walls yellow.”
kleuren

'coloured (Bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

1 having colour: “She prefers white baths to coloured baths.”
gekleurd

2 belonging to a dark-skinned race: “There are only two white families living in this street †“ the rest are coloured.”
niet-blank
(sometimes used impolitely) a dark-skinned person especially of Negro origin.
kleurling

'colourful (Bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

1 full of colour: “a colourful pattern.”
kleurig

2 vivid and interesting: “a colourful account of his experiences.”
kleurrijk

'colouring (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

1 something used to give colour: “She put pink colouring in the icing.”
kleurstof

2 complexion: “She had very high colouring (= a very pink complexion).”
gelaatskleur

'colourless (Bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

1 without colour: “Water is colourless.”
kleurloos

2 not lively or interesting: “a colourless young woman.”
kleurloos

'colours (noun plural)

1 the distinction of winning a place in the team in some sports: “He won his cricket colours last season.”
insigne

2 a flag: “Army regiments salute the colours when on parade.”
vaandel

3 a tunic of certain colours worn by a jockey to show that his race-horse belongs to a certain person.
gekleurd buis

'colour-blind (Bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

unable to tell the difference between certain colours: “As he was colour-blind he could not distinguish between red and green.”
kleurenblind

'colour scheme (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

an arrangement or choice of colours in decorating a house etc.
kleurschakering

'off-'colour (Bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

not feeling well: “He was a bit off-colour the morning after the party.”
onwel

colour in

to put colour into (drawings etc): “He coloured in all the oblong shapes on the page.”
inkleuren

show oneself in one's true colours

to show or express one's real character, opinion etc: “He pretends to be very generous but he showed himself in his true colours when he refused to give money to charity.”
zich in zijn ware gedaante tonen

with flying colours

with great success: “He passed his exam with flying colours.”
met vlag en wimpel
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to colour	aanlopen (ww.) ; inkleuren (ww.) ; kleur (ww.) ; kleuren (ww.) ; kleuring (ww.) ; kleurstof (ww.) ; kleurtje (ww.) ; pigment (ww.) ; tint (ww.) ; toon (ww.)
colour	kleur ; kleuren ; verfstof ; verven

Bronnen: Vlietstra; interglot; Wakefield genealogy pages; Download IATE, European Union, 2017.




EN: colouring
EN: dye
EN: shade
EN: stain
EN: tincture
EN: tint

Let op de verschillende spellingsvarianten in UK- en US-Engels: UK-spelling: colour US-spelling: color

EN: colours NL: vaandel NL: kleurige japonstoffen
EN: man of colour NL: kleurling, neger
EN: lose colour NL: bleek worden
EN: gain colour NL: weer kleur krijgen
EN: with the colours NL: bij het leger
EN: show one's colours NL: kleur bekennen NL: ware aard tonen
EN: sail under false colours NL: huichelen
EN: stick to one's colours NL: voet bij stuk houden
EN: with flying colours NL: met vlag en wimpel
EN: give no colour for (saying) NL: geen aanleiding geven voor