Color

I. and eng. Appearance as distinguished from reality; the exterior or prima fades of a thing. Color a rhetoribns appellatur probabilis alicujus rei caasa, qna quod falsum aot tarpe est velamus: color is called by the rhetoricians the probable cause of anything, -with which we disguise what is false or base. Color of law: mere semblance of legal right. Color of office: mere semblance of a right to exercise the powers of ofifica Color of title: mere semblance or appearance of title, v. Express color; Give color; Implied color.