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Definitions for Coloring

[1] the act or method of applying color.
[2] appearance as to color: healthy coloring.
[3] a substance used to color something: food coloring made from vegetable dyes.
[4] aspect or tone: The ethical coloring of the story balanced the rawness of its language.
[5] specious appearance; show.
[6] the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
[7] the natural appearance of the skin, especially of the face; complexion: She has a lovely color.
[8] a ruddy complexion: The wind and sun had given color to the sailor's face.
[9] a blush: His remarks brought the color to her face.
[10] vivid or distinctive quality, as of a literary work: Melville's description of a whaling voyage is full of color.
[11] details in description, customs, speech, habits, etc., of a place or period: The novel takes place in New Orleans and contains much local color.
[12] something that is used for coloring; pigment; paint; tint; dye.
[13] background information, as anecdotes about players or competitors or analyses of plays, strategy, or performance, given by a sportscaster to heighten interest in a sportscast.
[14] colors, any distinctive color or combination or pattern of colors, especially of a badge, ribbon, uniform, or the like, worn or displayed as a symbol of or to identify allegiance to, membership in, or sponsorship by a school, group, or organization. nature, viewpoint, or attitude; character; personality: His behavior in a crisis revealed his true colors. a flag, ensign, etc., particularly the national flag. U.S. Navy . the ceremony of hoisting the national flag at 8 a.m. and of lowering it at sunset.
[15] skin complexion of a particular people or ethnic group, especially when other than white: a person of color ; people of color ; a man of color ; alumni of color ; children of color .
[16] outward appearance or aspect; guise or show: It was a lie, but it had the color of the truth.
[17] a pretext: She did it under the color of doing a good deed.
[18] Painting . the general use or effect of the pigments in a picture.
[19] Phonetics . timbre.
[20] Chiefly Law . an apparent or prima facie right or ground: to hold possession under color of title.
[21] Music . tone color.
[22] a trace or particle of valuable mineral, especially gold, as shown by washing auriferous gravel.
[23] Physics . any of the labels red, green, or blue that designate the three states in which quarks are expected to exist, or any of the corresponding labels for antiquark states. Compare quantum chromodynamics, quark model.
[24] Printing . the amount of ink used.
[25] Heraldry . a tincture other than a fur or metal, usually including gules, azure, vert, sable, and purpure.
[26] involving, utilizing, yielding, or possessing color: a color TV.
[27] to give or apply color to; tinge; paint; dye: She colored her hair dark red.
[28] to cause to appear different from the reality: In order to influence the jury, he colored his account of what had happened.
[29] to give a special character or distinguishing quality to: His personal feelings color his writing.
[30] to take on or change color: The ocean colored at dawn.
[31] to flush; blush: He colored when confronted with the incriminating evidence.
[32] the US spelling of colour

Words related to Coloring

complexion, shading, variegation, quality, imbuement, intinction

Words nearby Coloring

colorfield, colorful, colorific, colorimeter, colorimetry, coloring, coloring book, colorism, colorist, colorize, colorless

Origin of Coloring

1250–1300; Middle English col(o)ur < Anglo-French (French couleur ) < Latin colōr- (stem of color ) hue

Words that may be confused with Coloring

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, colorcolor, hue, shade, tint, (see, synonym, study, at, shade)

Other words from Coloring

non·col·or·ing , adjective, noun
col·or·er , noun
o·ver·col·or , verb
pre·col·or , noun, verb
re·col·or , verb (used with object)
trans·col·or , adjective
un·der·col·or , noun

Synonyms for Coloring

complexion, shading, dyeing, quality, staining, tinting, variegation, imbuement, intinction, tinction