color – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of color

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to color in
Participle: colored in
Gerund: coloring in

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Icolor in
youcolor in
he;she;itcolors in
wecolor in
youcolor in
theycolor in

Perfect

Ihave colored in
youhave colored in
he;she;ithas colored in
wehave colored in
youhave colored in
theyhave colored in

Past

Icolored in
youcolored in
he;she;itcolored in
wecolored in
youcolored in
theycolored in

Pluperfect

Ihad colored in
youhad colored in
he;she;ithad colored in
wehad colored in
youhad colored in
theyhad colored in

Future

Iwill color in
youwill color in
he;she;itwill color in
wewill color in
youwill color in
theywill color in

Future Perfect

Iwill have colored in
youwill have colored in
he;she;itwill have colored in
wewill have colored in
youwill have colored in
theywill have colored in

Subjunctive

Present

Icolor in
youcolor in
he;she;itcolor in
wecolor in
youcolor in
theycolor in

Perfect

Ihave colored in
youhave colored in
he;she;ithave colored in
wehave colored in
youhave colored in
theyhave colored in

Imperfect

Icolored in
youcolored in
he;she;itcolored in
wecolored in
youcolored in
theycolored in

Pluperfect

Ihad colored in
youhad colored in
he;she;ithad colored in
wehad colored in
youhad colored in
theyhad colored in

Conditional

Present

Iwould color in
youwould color in
he;she;itwould color in
wewould color in
youwould color in
theywould color in

Perfect

Iwould have colored in
youwould have colored in
he;she;itwould have colored in
wewould have colored in
youwould have colored in
theywould have colored in

Imperative

youcolor in
weLet's color in
youcolor in

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam coloring in
youare coloring in
he;she;itis coloring in
weare coloring in
youare coloring in
theyare coloring in

Perfect

Ihave been coloring in
youhave been coloring in
he;she;ithas been coloring in
wehave been coloring in
youhave been coloring in
theyhave been coloring in

Past

Iwas coloring in
youwere coloring in
he;she;itwas coloring in
wewere coloring in
youwere coloring in
theywere coloring in

Pluperfect

Ihad been coloring in
youhad been coloring in
he;she;ithad been coloring in
wehad been coloring in
youhad been coloring in
theyhad been coloring in

Future

Iwill be coloring in
youwill be coloring in
he;she;itwill be coloring in
wewill be coloring in
youwill be coloring in
theywill be coloring in

Future Perfect

Iwill have been coloring in
youwill have been coloring in
he;she;itwill have been coloring in
wewill have been coloring in
youwill have been coloring in
theywill have been coloring in

Conditional

Present

Iwould be coloring in
youwould be coloring in
he;she;itwould be coloring in
wewould be coloring in
youwould be coloring in
theywould be coloring in

Perfect

Iwould have been coloring in
youwould have been coloring in
he;she;itwould have been coloring in
wewould have been coloring in
youwould have been coloring in
theywould have been coloring in

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'color'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'color'

collor, colour, bolo, clod, clog, clop, clot, clour, cloy, co-op,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

tinge
dye, paint, tint, imbue, stain, stipple, daub, tone
blush
flush, redden, bloom, glow
misrepresent
distort, slant, twist, disguise, corrupt, pervert, deceive

Antonyms

blush
purity, innocence, unconsciousness, effrontery

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1225, from O.Fr. colur, from L. color (acc. colorem) "color, hue," from Old L. colos, orig. "a covering" (akin to celare "to hide, conceal"), from PIE base *kel- "to cover, conceal" (see cell). O.E. words for "color" were hiw, bleo. The verb is from c.1300, earliest use is figurative. Colorful "interesting" is from 1889. Color-blind first recorded 1844. Colors "flag of a regiment or ship" is from 1590. Colored in reference to "non-white skin" dates from 1611. Coloring book is from 1931.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-os
5. Proto-Indo-European *-s
6. Proto-Indo-European *-ōs
7. Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs
8. Proto-Italic *kelōs
9. Old Latin colōs
10. Latin color
11. Old French color
12. Anglo-Norman colurbor.
13. Middle English colour
14. English color
15. From Middle English colour, color, borrowed from Anglo-Norman colur, from Old French colour, color, from Latin color. Doublet of couleur.
16. Largely displaced English blee, Middle English blee (“color”), from Old English blēo. Also partially replaced Old English hīew (“color”) and its descendants (English hue), which is less often used in this sense.
17. The spelling color was popularized in modern American English by Noah Webster, to match the spelling of the word's Latin etymon, and make all American spellings of the derivatives consistent (colorimeter, coloration, colorize, colorless, etc). See: Latin 'color'.

Verbs referencing "color"

Manx cullyr.

Sample Sentences

  • The young gentleman colored and smiled, and the two were soon busy in a game of backgammon. Meanwhile, another conversation was going on in the lower part of the boat, between Emmeline and the mulatto woman with whom she was [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)