- affectation
- appearance
- bedaub
- bedizen
- besmear
- blind
- bluff
- camouflage
- cloak
- coat
- color
- coloring
- complexion
- cover
- dab
- daub
- deception
- delusion
- dip
- disguise
- distort
- emblazon
- enamel
- facade
- face
- false front
- falsity
- feint
- fraud
- fresco
- front
- garble
- gild
- gilt
- glaze
- gloss
- grain
- guise
- hue
- humbug
- illuminate
- lacquer
- mask
- masquerade
- miscite
- misquote
- outward show
- paint
- pervert
- pose
- posture
- pretense
- pretension
- pretext
- prime
- representation
- seeming
- semblance
- shade
- shadow
- sham
- show
- simulacrum
- slant
- smear
- speciousness
- stain
- strain
- tinct
- tincture
- tinge
- tint
- tone
- trick
- twist
- undercoat
- varnish
- veil
- wash
- whitewash
- window dressing