Emily Dickinson Lexicon

color (-s, -'s), n. [early ME colur.] (webplay: boast, borne, dye, face, gold, green, hue, light, quality, queen, red, show, water, white).

1. Flag; standard; ensign of a regiment in the military.
2. Particular hue; specific tint; visual appearance to the eye reflected from its surfaces.
3. Dye; pigment.
4. Vision; light; spectrum; visual radiation; sense of sight; [fig.] joy; vitality.
5. Kind; type; species.