late 14c., "specious, giving a (false) appearance of being right to what is in fact unjustifiable," from color (n.) in the secondary sense "that which hides the real character of something" + -able.
colonnade
colonoscopy
colony
colophon
color
colorable
Colorado
colorant
coloration
coloratura
color-blindness
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