colour oor Afrikaans

colour

/ˈkʌlɚ/, /ˈkʌlə^r/, /ˈkʌlə/ adjektief, werkwoord, naamwoord

(uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Afrikaans

kleur

naamwoord

An attribute of things that results from the light they reflect, transmit, or emit in so far as this light causes a visual sensation that depends on its wavelengths.

My favourite colour is red.
My gunstelling kleur is rooi.

skakering

naamwoord

lig

naamwoord

blas

adjektief

bleek

adjektief

Soortgelyke frases

water-colour painting
akwarel

orange-coloured
oranje

water-colour
akwarel

colours
kleur · vlag

light-coloured
helder

colourful
kleurryk

coloured
kleurlinge

Cream-coloured Courser
Bloukopdrawwertjie

voorbeelde

He had moved in with a coloured woman whom they did not know.
Hy’t met ’n Kleurlingvrou daar ingetrek wat hulle nie eens ken van sien nie.

“To see Coloureds, Indians, whites, and blacks all mixing together has changed my whole outlook on life.”
“Om kleurlinge, Indiërs, wittes en swartes almal met mekaar te sien meng, het my hele lewensbeskouing verander.”

Yes, today’s matatu is a flashy vehicle described by one Kenyan daily newspaper as a “jet-shaped and rainbow coloured projectile.”
Ja, vandag se matatu is ’n spoggerige voertuig wat deur ’n dagblad van Kenia as ’n “vaartbelynde en reënboogkleurige vuurpyl” beskryf is.

Colour Depth
Kleur Diepte

Funerals People usually wear black or dark colours to a funeral.
Begrafnisse Mense dra gewoonlik swart of donker kleure by ’n begrafnis.

Colour Mode
Kleur Modus

Normal Quality Colour (#-ink
Normale Kwaliteit Kleur (#-ink

Draw attention elsewhere with brightly coloured sweaters. . . .
Vestig die aandag op iets anders met helder oortrektruie. . . .

One scholar says that scarlet “was a fast, or fixed colour.
Een geleerde sê dat skarlaken “kleurvas of kleurhoudend was.

All you have to do is to match the colour of the wine, so that it looks exactly like this in the bottle.
Al wat jy moet doen, is om die kleur van die wyn reg te kry, sodat dit net só in die bottel lyk.

He was, says one writer, “enthralled by the mathematical proportions of the Arabic script, . . . and his sense of colour was excited by the embellishment of the calligraphy with gold and silver leaf and other vivid minerals.”
Hy was, volgens een skrywer, “in vervoering oor die wiskundige verhoudings van die Arabiese skrif, . . . en sy kleursin is gestreel deur die kalligrafie wat met bladgoud en -silwer en ander helderkleurige minerale versier is”.

Rasta pasta Serves 6–8 This recipe is named after the red, yellow and green colours of the sweet peppers it contains.
Rasta-pasta Bedien 6–8 ’n Mooi kleurvolle pasta met die rooi, geel en groen soetrissies.

Photo Quality Colour (#-ink
Foto Kwaliteit Kleur (#-ink

Colours one page at a time
Kleure een bladsy na ' n tyd

On the occasions they forgot to feed their pet before they sat down to eat, it would latch all eight tentacles on to the glass and change colour rapidly to attract attention.
Op dié geleenthede wat hulle vergeet het om hulle troeteldier te voer voordat hulle geëet het, het hy sy agt arms teen die glas gedruk en vinnig verkleur om aandag te trek.

This was the time when Meisie married a coloured man of Dal Josafat, Sammie James.
Dis toe dat Meisie getrou het met ’n Kleurlingman van Dal Josafat, Sammie James.

‘Look at the colour of the bottle now.
“Kyk nou na die kleur van die bottel.

When the two Imbali congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses were granted a piece of land, the elders in the white and the Coloured congregations in Pietermaritzburg immediately met together to plan how they could help their black brothers build a Kingdom Hall in the shortest possible time.
Toe ’n stuk grond aan die twee Imbali-gemeentes van Jehovah se Getuies toegestaan is, het die ouere manne in die Wit en die Kleurlinggemeentes in Pietermaritzburg onmiddellik bymekaargekom om te beplan hoe hulle hulle Swart broers kon help om ’n Koninkryksaal in die kortste tyd moontlik te bou.

I gave you this commission, thinking that you were a competent worker, and this -- this -- this extract from a comic coloured supplement is the result! "
Ek het vir jou hierdie kommissie, dink dat jy ́n bevoegde werker, en dit hierdie uittreksel uit ́n komiese gekleurde aanvulling is die resultaat "!

Colour Correction
Kleur Regstelling

Yellow Level (Colour cartr. only
Geelvlak (Slegs Kleur houer

“The only rule today is ‘Never say Never,’” wrote Hollywood color and image consultant Leatrice Eiseman in her book Images in Colour.
“Die enigste reël vandag is ‘Moet nooit sê nooit nie’”, het die Hollywoodse kleur- en beeldadviseur Leatrice Eiseman in haar boek Images in Colour gesê.

Primary colours are pure colours that you can’t get by mixing others.
Primêre kleure is suiwer kleure wat jy nie kan kry deur ander kleure te meng nie.

The coloured ou looked like he was trying hard to be young and cool, with his T-shirt and trainers.
Die bruin ou lyk of hy te hard probeer om jonk en cool te wees, met sy T-hemp en tekkies.

Remember what you learnt about colours and emphasis. 7.
Onthou wat jy oor kleure en beklemtoning geleer het. 7.