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coloring

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col·or·ing  (klr-ng)
n.
1. The art, manner, or process of applying color.
2. A substance used to color something.
3. Appearance with regard to color.
4. Characteristic aspect, tone, or style.
5. False or misleading appearance.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.coloringcoloring - a digestible substance used to give color to food; "food color made from vegetable dyes"
food product, foodstuff - a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
2.coloringcoloring - a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"
visual property - an attribute of vision
primary color, primary colour - any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing
heather mixture, heather - interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color
mottle - an irregular arrangement of patches of color; "it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green"
tint, shade, tincture, tone - a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
achromatic color, achromatic colour - a color lacking hue; white or grey or black
coloration, colouration - appearance with regard to color; "her healthy coloration"
complexion, skin color, skin colour - the coloring of a person's face
dithered color, dithered colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour - a color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color
3.coloring - the act or process of changing the color of something
change of color - an act that changes the light that something reflects
tinting - the act of adding a tinge of color; "the hairdresser gave her hair a modest tinting"
hair coloring - the act of dyeing or tinting one's hair
dyeing - the use of dye to change the color of something permanently
Translations
coloring تلوين vybarvování farvelægning Färbung χρωματισμός colorido väritys coloration kolorit colorazione 着色 착색 kleurstof fargelegging kolorowanie coloração раскрашивание färgning การให้สี boyama việc tô màu 色彩


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I was at an age when imagination lends its coloring to everything, and the stories of these Sinbads of the wilderness made the life of a trapper and fur trader perfect romance to me.
He was of the iron of which martyrs are made, but in the heart of the matrix had lurked a nobler metal, fusible at a milder heat, yet never coloring nor softening the hard exterior.
"Yes," said Philip, coloring deeply; "don't you love yours?
 
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