A.colour, tinge, Arist.PA664b16, GA747a10, Thphr. Od.31; “τί τινι” Alex.188.4:—Pass., to be of such and such a colour, Hp.Coac.380; “χ. παντοδαπὰς χρόας” Arist.Mete.342b4.
2. metaph. in literary criticism, χ. τῇ πρεπούσῃ ὑποκρίσει (of Demosthenes) D.H.Dem.22, cf. Phld.Po.2.43.