Which one is correct?

United States
November 27, 2006 9:31am CST
colour or color
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@madhavi123 (2550)
• United States
27 Nov 06
both are correct.In general english language we use colour and in computers we use color.
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• United States
30 Nov 06
thanks
• United States
30 Nov 06
thanks
@Krisss (1231)
• Australia
27 Nov 06
Color is American usage, COLOUR is the rest of the english speaking world. There are many other words like this, neighbour, metre, centre, honour.
@cikedo (3483)
• United States
27 Nov 06
They are both correct, one is the old english spelling and the other is the modern usage.
@urbandekay (18278)
25 Jun 07
Colour is modern English usage, color is Americanese all the best uban
• United States
27 Nov 06
both...England spells it "colour" The also spell "amoungst"
@Krisss (1231)
• Australia
27 Nov 06
Hmmm no they don't.
@urbandekay (18278)
25 Jun 07
No, we don't we spell it 'amongst' all the best urban
30 Nov 06
Actually COLOUR AND COLOR are correct. British spelling or Old english adds a "U" in color. Ex. Colour, Flavour, Humour. Actually the rule of the thumb is, if you are going to use Color or american english. be consistent with that :) Like, The flavor of that color. Not, The flavour of that color. hehehe esl teacher here :) also. in computer terms, must people use colour (like using printers etc) than color.
@urbandekay (18278)
25 Jun 07
Colour is current English spelling not old English, color is the American version all the best urban
@kumar27 (129)
• India
20 Jun 07
both are correct. colour = a british english.spelt in this way colour = an americanized english which was introduced by them centuries ago while english and other races made it a common language of colonized america,they say there is no need of using double vowel in a word that conveys the meaning of a word with ending pronucciaton like 'aa' so u get...honor(honour), misdemeanor(misdemeannour), color(colour), and many more. even u get.....meter for metre, specter for spectre program for programme and many more if u like to study read dictionery of british english and americanized english.
@urbandekay (18278)
25 Jun 07
What you say is correct except regarding 'program' and 'programme' these are both used in regular English. We say a computer program but at the theatre we buy a programme. Similarly, there are programmes on tele. all the best urban
@Sir_bobby88 (8231)
• Singapore
23 Jun 07
From my information both are correct yea , just one is UK english and one is US English yea
@gotcho0O (1257)
• United States
26 Jun 07
They're both correct but the thing is in general we use color. Colour in the other hand is a proper english. These two varieties of English are very similar. Modern British English is heavily influenced by American English. That's what I learned from my college school.
@Meowth (522)
• Romania
6 Feb 07
colour i think:D
• India
10 Jun 07
both are correct one is British another one is American English
@dentidle (293)
• Switzerland
14 Jun 07
color is the casual way of saying colour. I find that most folks prefer color for colour these days.
• China
24 Jun 07
both are correct
26 Jun 07
colour is correct according to me------
• United States
27 Jun 07
school teachers in the United States would want it spelled COLOR..if you use COLOUR..it would be marked a spelling error. I always like the word shedule..in Canada and the UK they pronounce it far differently then us "Yanks" same as MILAN in the city of MILAN, Michigan is not like in Milan, Italy..but the Ford MILAN is pronouned like in Europe..go figure
@deepak007 (514)
• India
31 Jan 07
we use both both are correct
@yueliu (1619)
• China
1 Feb 07
both are correct.
@siva12 (799)
• India
26 Dec 06
I know both are correct. These are depends on which english you are using.
@musha_ali (391)
• Pakistan
26 Dec 06
both r write.....
• India
2 Jan 07
Both meaning come out with the same response. Both are correct. But the original one is colour as color is difine in the sofware applications.
• Bermuda
31 Jan 07
Good question. I have been wondering this myself too for a while, but i guess you cant go wrong with either.