Definition of Colorable

That which has or gives color. That which is in appearance only, and not in reallty, what it purports to be.
—Colorable alteration. One which makes no real or substantial change, but is introduced only as a subterfuge or means of evading the patent or copyright law.
—Colorable imitation. In the law of trade-marks, this phrase denotes such a close or ingenious imitation as to be calculated to deceive ordinary persons.
— Colorable pleading. The practice of giving color in pleading.