coloring

Plural: colorings

Noun

• The appearance, hue, or tint of something; a superficial aspect.
• a digestible substance used to give color to food
• a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
• the act or process of changing the color of something
• An act or process which applies color.
• Any substance used to give color.
• The appearance as to color.
• A disguise or discoloration.
• 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.

Verb

• add color to
• affect as in thought or feeling
• modify or bias
• decorate with colors
• give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
• change color, often in an undesired manner
• present participle and gerund of color

Adj

• That colors something.
• That conveys or imparts color.

Examples

• Our cookies contain no artificial flavorings or colorings.
• The COLORING of the tiles on his rack suggested a challenging, but potentially rewarding, play.

Synonyms

color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colouring, colourise, colourize, discolor, discolour, distort, emblazon, food color, food coloring, food colour, food colouring, gloss, tinge, coloration, pigment

Antonyms

colorlessness, discolor, bleach, neutral, shade

Related Words

color guard, color line, colorable, coloration, colored, colorless

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