Colour gives church a lift (6)
I believe the answer is:
cerise
'colour' is the definition.
(cerise is a kind of colour)
'church a lift' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'a lift' becomes 'rise' ('rise' can be a synonym of 'lift').
'ce'+'rise'='CERISE'
'gives' is the link.
(Other definitions for cerise that I've seen before include "Light red colour" , "Pinkish-red" , "Deep red colour" , "Pinkish red" , "'E cries at the colour red" .)