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"color" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often red (3 letters).
Definitions
change color, often in an undesired manner
Word origin
From Middle English colour, color, borrowed from Anglo-Norman colur, from Old French colour, color, from Latin color. Doublet of couleur.
Used in a sentence
“Humans and birds can perceive color.”
“Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red, and green.”
“What color are your bf's eyes?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues
01“Crayon choice”5 letters
02“Hue”5 letters
03“Hue choice”5 letters
04“Hue or shade”5 letters
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