Coloring

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act or process which applies color. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act or process of changing the color of something wordnet
  3. 3
    Any substance used to give color. countable, uncountable

    "Our cookies contain no artificial flavorings or colorings."

  4. 4
    a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect wordnet
  5. 5
    The appearance as to color. countable, uncountable

    "The Rolands, both U.S.-educated lawyers with faculty positions in the national law school, are olive skinned, with the coloring of some Italians or Sephardic Jews."

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  1. 6
    a digestible substance used to give color to food wordnet
  2. 7
    A disguise or discoloration. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    An assignment of a color to each vertex of a graph, usually such that no two vertices connected by an edge are given the same color. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of color form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    That colors something.
  2. 2
    That conveys or imparts color. also, figuratively

Synonyms

All synonyms
colorabstractionismachromatismacrylic paintingactingaffectation

Example

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"Her coloring book lay limp, jagged with angular pink scribbles."

Related phrases

coloring bookcoloring pencildead colouringfood colouring

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