relating to or containing or caused by mercury; "mercurial preparations"; "mercurial sore mouth"
relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury; "more than Mercurial thievishness"
relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury; "the Mercurial canals"
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
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"
the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
having or capable of producing colors; "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"
add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
gloss or excuse; "color a lie"
decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones"
modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures"
quick or skillful or adept in action or thought; "an exceptionally adroit pianist"; "an adroit technician"; "his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers"; "an adroit negotiator"
skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends; "cool prudence and sensitive selfishness along with quick perception of what is possible--these distinguish an adroit politician"; "came up with a clever story"; "an ingenious press agent"; "an ingenious scheme"