Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)semblance, gloss, color, colouran outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading“he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity”,
“he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction”,
“the situation soon took on a different color” (n)illusion, semblancean erroneous mental representation“Artists use perspective in art to create an illusion of depth.”