Cases of word usage

1) a small ball of coloured glass etc with a hole through it for a string or wire (bead)

2) small bits of coloured paper (to be) thrown at weddings (confetti)

3) (to use) a stick or pencil of coloured chalk or wax (crayon)

4) brightly coloured and decorated; (of a person, behaviour, writing style etc) very energetic, lively etc (flamboyant)

5) (of) the colour between black and white, coloured like ashes (grey)

6) (any kind of) coloured liquid used for writing and printing (ink)

7) a kind of noisy European bird with brightly coloured feathers (jay)

8) (an example of) a kind of hard stone with patterns, used when polished for building a sculpture; a small ball of coloured glass used in games played by children (marble)

9) (of) a work of art in which designs etc are made by fitting together coloured pieces of stone etc (mosaic)

10) any of many kinds of bird with a short, hooked bill and (often) brightly coloured feathers, of which some kinds can repeat human speech (parrot)