coloring

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coloring

adjective more coloring · most coloring · colouring

  1. That colors something.
  2. also, figuratively That conveys or imparts color.

noun colorings · colouring

  1. countable, uncountable An act or process which applies color.
  2. countable, uncountable Any substance used to give color. Our cookies contain no artificial flavorings or colorings.

    Similar: pigment

  3. countable, uncountable The appearance as to color. 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.

    Similar: coloration

  4. countable, uncountable A disguise or discoloration.
  5. countable, uncountable 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 colouring

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of color

Opposite: bleach, neutral, shade

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: food coloring, colouring, food colouring, colour, food color, food colour, coloration, hue, discolouration, colouration, discoloration, stain, aura, complexion, skin, shading

verb

Opposite: bleach, neutral, shade

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noun act

Españolcoloramiento

verb act or process

Españolcoloración, coloramiento (disused)
Portuguêscolorir
Русскийокра́ска okráska, окра́шивание okrášivanije, раскра́шивание raskrášivanije, раскра́ска raskráska

verb appearance

Españoltez
Русскийраскра́ска raskráska

verb disguise or discoloration

Españoldecoloración
Русскийраскра́ска raskráska, обесцве́чивание obescvéčivanije

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@misc{coloring_2026,
  title = {coloring},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coloring},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}