COLOUR - Translation from English into Polish

I. colour [ˈkʌləʳ, Am -ɚ] N

1. colour (hue):

colour: kolor m

colour: barwa f

in colour: kolorowy

2. colour (dye):

colour: barwnik m

hair colour: farba f do włosów

3. colour (redness):

to have colour in one's cheeks: być rumianym

to have little colour: być bladym

to lose colour: blednąć [perf z-]

4. colour (skin colour):

colour: kolor m skóry

of colour: kolorowy

5. colour:

colours pl SPORTS, POL: barwy fpl

6. colour:

colours pl (flag): flaga f

Phrases:

to give [or lend] colour to sth: uwiarygodnić coś

to look off colour: nie wyglądać najlepiej

to pass with flying colours: zdawać [perf zdać] śpiewająco

to see sb in their true colours: przejrzeć kogoś

to show one's true colours: pokazać swoją prawdziwą twarz

II. colour [ˈkʌləʳ, Am -ɚ] VB trans

1. colour (put colour):

colour: kolorować [perf po-]

colour hair: farbować [perf za-]

colour room: malować [perf po-]

she coloured her hair orange: zafarbowała włosy na pomarańczowo

2. colour (distort):

colour: zniekształcać [perf zniekształcić]

to colour an attitude/a judgement: wpływać [perf wpłynąć] na postawę/opinię

III. colour [ˈkʌləʳ, Am -ɚ] VB intr

1. colour person:

colour: rumienić [perf za-] się

2. colour leaves:

colour: zmieniać [perf zmienić] kolor

OpenDict entry

colour N

overglaze colour ceramika: farba naszkliwna f

neutral colour optyka: barwa achromatyczna f

muffle colour: farba muflowa f

colour bar, color bar AM N no pl

colour bar: segregacja f rasowa

colour blind ADJ

to be colour blind: być daltonistą

colour blindness N no pl

colour blindness: daltonizm m

colour scheme N

colour scheme: kolorystyka f

colour television N

1. colour television (broadcasting):

colour television: telewizja f kolorowa

2. colour television (set):

colour television: kolorowy telewizor m

local colour, local color AM N no pl

local colour: koloryt m lokalny

off-colour ADJ

1. off-colour (sick):

off-colour: niedysponowany

to feel off-colour: mieć złe samopoczucie

2. off-colour joke, remark:

off-colour: pikantny

primary colour N

primary colour: barwa f podstawowa

Present
I	colour
you	colour
he/she/it	colours
we	colour
you	colour
they	colour

Past
I	coloured
you	coloured
he/she/it	coloured
we	coloured
you	coloured
they	coloured

Present Perfect
I	have	coloured
you	have	coloured
he/she/it	has	coloured
we	have	coloured
you	have	coloured
they	have	coloured

Past Perfect
I	had	coloured
you	had	coloured
he/she/it	had	coloured
we	had	coloured
you	had	coloured
they	had	coloured

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

in colour: kolorowy

hair colour: farba f do włosów

of colour: kolorowy

colour bar: segregacja f rasowa

colour scheme: dobór m kolorów

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

And because that black level is so black, every other step of brightness in every other primary colour looks exponentially more bright against its background.

www.gizmodo.com.au

Each of the houses were allocated a primary colour that the students could choose to wear on sporting occasions, including swimming carnivals and athletics days.

en.wikipedia.org

Why not choose one as your primary colour and balance it with something a little less sweet so that your daughter doesn't tire of it too quickly?

news.nationalpost.com

The projection of primary colour lights on a screen shows secondary colours where two overlap; the combination red, green, and blue each in full intensity makes white.

en.wikipedia.org

Beginning with the longest and then shortest, green is the primary colour seen.

traveller24.news24.com