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Titian, Paul Veronese, Van Dyck, and the rest of
the good colorists.

Dryden.


Col"or*less, a. 1.
Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent;
as, colorless water.


2. Free from any manifestation of partial
or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes,
prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless
style; definitions should be colorless.


Col"or*man (?), n.; pl.
Colormen (#). A vender of paints,
etc.
Simmonds.


Col"or ser"geant. See under
Sergeant.


Co*los"sal (?), a. [Cf. F.
colossal, L. colosseus. See Colossus.]
1. Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a
colossal statue.
"A colossal stride."
Motley.


2. (Sculpture & Painting) Of a
size larger than heroic. See Heroic.


Col`os*se"an (?), a.
Colossal. [R.]


Col`os*se"um (?), n. [Neut., fr. L.
colosseus gigantic. See Coliseum.


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