"coloring" in the noun sense
1. coloring, colouring, food coloring, food colouring, food color, food colour
a digestible substance used to give color to food
"food color made from vegetable dyes"
2. color, colour, coloring, colouring
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
"a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"
3. coloring, colouring
the act or process of changing the color of something
"coloring" in the verb sense
1. color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
add color to
"The child colored the drawings"
"Fall colored the trees"
"colorize black and white film"
2. tinge, color, colour, distort
affect as in thought or feeling
"My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"
"The sadness tinged his life"
3. color, colour
modify or bias
"His political ideas color his lectures"
4. color, colour, emblazon
decorate with colors
"color the walls with paint in warm tones"
5. color, colour, gloss
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
"color a lie"
6. discolor, discolour, colour, color
change color, often in an undesired manner
"The shirts discolored"
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