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colouring [ˈkʌlərɪŋ] n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) the process or art of applying colour 2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) anything used to give colour, such as dye, paint, etc. 3. appearance with regard to shade and colour 4. arrangements of colours and tones, as in the markings of birds and animals 5. the colour of a person's features or complexion 6. a false or misleading appearance ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations colouring coloring (US) [ˈkʌlərɪŋ] colouring [ˈkʌlərɪŋ] (British) coloring (US) n (= colour) [thing] → coloration f (= complexion) [person] → teint m colouring, (US) coloring colouring coloring (Am) [ˈkʌlərɪŋ] n → colorazione f; (substance) → colorante m; (complexion) → colorito colouring coloring (Am) [ˈkʌlərɪŋ] n → colorazione f; (substance) → colorante m; (complexion) → colorito How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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in their vivid colouring of life - As in that fleeting, shadowy, misty strife Of semblance with reality which brings To the delirious eye more lovely things Of Paradise & Love - & all our own For if you happen not to have seen the original, the pleasure will be due not to the imitation as such, but to the execution, the colouring, or some such other cause. At the age when we are all of us most apt to take our colouring, in the form of a reflection from the colouring of other people, he had been sent abroad, and had been passed on from one nation to another, before there was time for any one colouring more than another to settle itself on him firmly. |
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