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Colour is just better than color. You shouldn't have dropped the 'u'.

 

The absolute worst one of these is insure vs. ensure. When we ensure something, we make it happen. When we insure it, we get an insurance policy to pay out if it doesn't. There's a difference, and Americans use 'insure' for both meanings.