How to sign: an 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";
Similiar / Same: gloss, color, colour
Categories: appearance, visual aspect
Within this category: color of law, disguise, face value, guise, simulacrum, verisimilitude