colour的词性和词义都是丰富的，我们一起来学习单词colour在中学阶段的主要知识和相关用法
一，必备知识
A. n. 颜色，色彩
warm colours 暖色 / cold colours 冷色
I think white shirts look clean, and white matches any other colour. (7AU8)
我觉得白衬衫看起来很干净，而且白色和其他任何颜色都很相配。
B. u. 彩色
a colour TV 彩色电视机
I want to print the picture in colour, not in black and white.
我想把照片打印成彩色，而不是黑白的。
C. n. 肤色；脸色；血色
People of all colours are everywhere in Yiwu City.
义乌市有各种各样肤色的人。
Just a little wine can bring some colour to my cheek.
一点点酒就会让我脸红。
As the old lady got worse, she lost more and more colour.
随着病情的加重，老太太的脸色越来越苍白。
Some frogs can change colour. (7B Project 2)
有些青蛙会变色。
D. u. 趣味，乐趣
add/give/lend colour to sth 给某物增色
local colour 地方特色 (9AU5)
E. n. 染料，颜料
hair colour 染发剂
F. vt. 给......着色
Finally, I coloured the roses red, blue and pink. (8AU4)
最后，我把玫瑰着成了红色、蓝色和粉红色。
Teenagers are advised not to colour their hair.
建议青少年不要染发。
She colours their clothes. (9AU2)
她给他们的衣服上色。
G. vi. 变色，(因尴尬而)脸红
She coloured at the news.
看到消息，她脸红了。
H. vt. 影响
The threatening letter coloured his whole life.
这封威胁信改变了他的一生。
I. colourful adj. 颜色鲜艳的；丰富多彩的
My life will be much richer and more colourful.
我的生活将会更加富裕，更加丰富多彩。
I also cut out a picture of colourful balloons and stuck it on the cover. (8AU4)
我还剪了一张彩色气球的照片，贴在封面上。
J. colourfully adv. 多彩地
The classroom was colourfully decorated because of the coming Christmas.
由于即将来临的圣诞节，教室被装饰得绚丽多彩。
K. coloured adj. (常用于构成复合词) ......色的；有色的
coloured lights 彩灯
L. colourless adj. 无色的；苍白的；无趣的
colourless lips 苍白的嘴唇
M. colouring n. 着色；u. (皮肤，头发，眼睛的)颜色
food colouring 食品色素
Purple suited her fair colouring.
紫色适合她白皙的肤色。
二，易错点播
A. [误] She has lost colours lately.
[正] She has lost colour lately.
讲解：colour作脸色，血色，红晕时，是不可数名词，不能用复数形式。
B. [误] ---What colour is your car?
--- It is red colour.
[正] ---What colour is your car?
--- It is red.
讲解：red本身就含有colour的含义，再加colour是多余的。
