Definition of Coloring

Noun: coloring  kú-lu-ring
Usage: US (elsewhere: colouring)

1. A digestible substance used to give color to food
   "coloring made from vegetable dyes";
   - colouring [Brit, Cdn], food coloring [US], food colouring [Brit, Cdn], food color [US], food colour [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit, transmit or reflect
   - color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], colouring [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. The act or process of changing the color of something
   - colouring [Brit, Cdn]

Verb: color  kú-lur
Usage: US (elsewhere: colour)

1. Add color to
   "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "The child colored in the drawings";
   - colorize [US], colorise [Brit], colourise [Brit], colourize [Brit, Cdn], colour [Brit, Cdn], color in [US], colour in [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Affect as in thought or feeling
   "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case";
   - tinge, colour [Brit, Cdn], distort
    
3. Modify or bias
   "His political ideas color his lectures";
   - colour [Brit, Cdn]
    
4. Decorate with colors
   "color the walls with paint in warm tones";
   - colour [Brit, Cdn], emblazon
    
5. Give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
   "color a lie";
   - colour [Brit, Cdn], gloss
    
6. Change color, often in an undesired manner
   "The shirts colored";
   - discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], colour [Brit, Cdn]

See also:
colorimetry
colorings

Anagrams containing the word coloring

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