# colours

Pronunciation: UK say "KUL-uhz" /ˈkʌl.əz/; US say "KUL-erz" /ˈkʌl.ɚz/

## Noun

1. Plural of colour. — plural of colour
   - Simple: Plural of colour. Use it when you talk about more than one colour.
   - _By late October the woods were full of reds, golds and browns, colours that lasted barely a fortnight._
   - _The bakery uses only natural colours in its cakes, mostly beetroot and turmeric._
2. A distinctive kit, badge or set of colours worn as a sign of the team, club, school or owner someone belongs to.
   - Simple: The special kit, badge or colours worn to show which team, club, school or owner someone is with.
   - _The jockey carried the owner's colours to a famous win at Cheltenham._
   - _He spent ten years playing in the colours of his home-town club._
5. A flag carried on ceremonial occasions by a regiment or a similar military unit.
   - Simple: A special flag that belongs to a group of soldiers and is used at ceremonies.
   - _The battalion's colours were laid up in the cathedral when the unit was disbanded._
   - _A guard of honour paraded the colours through the town to mark the regiment's anniversary._
4. On a ship, the flag flown at the stern to show the country the vessel belongs to.
   - Simple: On a ship, the flag at the back that shows which country the ship comes from.
   - _After two hours of fighting, the frigate struck her colours and surrendered._
   - _The yacht was flying Spanish colours when it entered the marina._

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present of colour. — third-person singular simple present indicative of colour
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of colour. Use it after he, she, it or one person or thing.
   - _His time as a soldier colours everything he writes about the war._
   - _The pastry colours quickly in a hot oven, so check it after ten minutes._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/colours (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).