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coloring en · ADJ

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Meanings

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

Forms

coloring en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An act or process which applies color.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any substance used to give color.
   • The Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday a series of measures to phase out eight artificial food dyes and colorings from America's food supply by the end of next year. […] The proposal also outlined a commitment for companies to supply food for school lunches that does not include artificial dyes or coloring. 2025 April 22, Sony Salzman, Cheyenne Haslett, Will McDuffie, and Mary Kekatos, “RFK Jr. unveils plan to phase out 8 artificial food dyes in the US”, in ABC News:
   • Our cookies contain no artificial flavorings or colorings.
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. 1983 December 24, Andrea Loewenstein, “"What's Freedom Without Food In Your Stomach?" — A Trip to Haiti”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 8:
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.

Forms

Synonyms

coloration · pigment

Translations (1)

es coloramiento (act)

coloring en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of color
   form of color

Forms

Antonyms

bleach · neutral · shade

Deriveds

cocoloring · precoloring · coloring pencil · coloring book · pseudocoloring · overcoloring · food colouring · dead colouring

Hypernyms

mark · distinction

Hyponyms

haircolor · tarnish · dye · verdigris · paint · glow · highlight · stain · tint · shine · ink · rust

Relateds

coloration · color line · color guard · colorless · colorable · colored

Translations (25)

eo koloriĝo (appearance) · fi väritys (act or process) · pl kolorowanie (act or process) · es coloramiento (disused) (act or process) · es tez (appearance) · fi värittäminen (act or process) · ga clódóireacht (act or process) · ru окра́шивание (act or process) · pt colorir (act or process) · ru окра́ска (act or process) · ru обесцве́чивание (disguise or discoloration) · eo kolorigo (substance used to give color) · fi värin muuttuminen (discoloration) (disguise or discoloration) · ru раскра́ска (appearance) · pl farbowanie (act or process) · es coloración (act or process) · ru раскра́ска (disguise or discoloration) · ru раскра́шивание (act or process) · fi suojaväritys (disguise or discoloration) · es decoloración (disguise or discoloration) · bg окраска (appearance) · bg оцветяване (act or process) · pl barwienie (act or process) · fi väritys (appearance) · ru раскра́ска (act or process)