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colors

  • plural of color.
  • present tense form of color (3rd person singular).

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Colors are heightened — by manipulation or because that’s just what the jungle’s like, I don’t know which.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Colors that appear straightforward—red, blue, black, white—turn out to be anything but.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

She has achieved 2m monthly streams on Spotify and is playing Glastonbury, SXSW, Colors NYC and Meltdown festivals this summer.

From BBC • May 1, 2025

Cyndi Lauper, singer of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," "True Colors" and other iconic hits, wants to go out on a bang.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2024

The National Colors were draped over the coffin.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy