Overview of noun coloring

The noun coloring has 3 senses

• coloring, colouring, food coloring, food colouring, food color, food colour -- (a digestible substance used to give color to food; "food color made from vegetable dyes")


• color, colour, coloring, colouring -- (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")


• coloring, colouring -- (the act or process of changing the color of something)

Overview of verb color

The verb color has 6 senses

• color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in -- (add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film")


• tinge, color, colour, distort -- (affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life")


• color, colour -- (modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures")


• color, colour, emblazon -- (decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones")


• color, colour, gloss -- (give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie")


• discolor, discolour, colour, color -- (change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored")