color

Summary

color is a physical property^[1]. color ranks in the top 9% of physical_property entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,102 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• color's instance of is recorded as physical property^[3].
• color is a type of optical phenomenon^[4].
• color is a type of quality^[5].
• color is a type of qualia^[6].
• color is used for beauty^[7].
• color is used for hiding^[8].
• color's Commons category is recorded as Colors^[9].
• color's said to be the same as is recorded as Q30147439^[10].
• color is the opposite of colorlessness^[11].
• color's has cause is recorded as absorbed or reflected object light^[12].
• color's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Color^[13].
• color's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Colors^[14].
• color's Commons gallery is recorded as Colors^[15].
• color's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Color^[16].
• color's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• color's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[18].
• color's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[19].
• color's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• color's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921^[21].
• color's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[22].
• color's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3^[23].
• color's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[24].
• color's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox color^[25].
• color's topic has template is recorded as Template:Color topics^[26].
• color's topic has template is recorded as Template:Color^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

color's instance of is recorded as physical property^[3]. Recorded subclass of include optical phenomenon^[4], quality^[5], and qualia^[6]. color is the opposite of colorlessness^[11].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include beauty^[7] and hiding^[8].

Influence

Things named for color include rhodochrosite^[28], a mineral species^[29]; tephroite^[30], a mineral species^[31]; glaucochroite^[32], a mineral species^[33]; euchroite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; phoenicochroite^[36], a mineral species^[37]; and pyrochroite^[38], a mineral species^[39].

Why It Matters

color ranks in the top 9% of physical_property entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,102 views/month).^[2] color has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] color is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

Entities named for color include rhodochrosite^[28], a mineral species^[29]; tephroite^[30], a mineral species^[31]; glaucochroite^[32], a mineral species^[33]; euchroite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; phoenicochroite^[36], a mineral species^[37]; and pyrochroite^[38], a mineral species^[39].