See artificial silk as something colourful (6)
I believe the answer is:
crayon
'something colourful' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'see artificial silk' is the wordplay.
'see' becomes 'C' (the word for the letter, according to Chambers).
'artificial silk' becomes 'rayon' (I've seen this before).
'c'+'rayon'='CRAYON'
'as' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for crayon that I've seen before include "drawer" , "One colours with this" , "Wax pen" , "Coloured rod" , "Stick to colour" .)