coloring[noun]Synonyms: mask, color, disguise, facade, face, front, guise, put-on, semblance, show, exaggeration, embellishment, embroidering, hyperbole, overstatement
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col‧our‧ing British English,
coloring American English /ˈkʌlərɪŋ/
noun [
Word Family: noun:
COLOUR/COLOR,
COLOURING/COLORING,
coloration,
COLOURANT/COLORANT,
COLOURIST/COLORIST;
adjective:
COLOURED/COLORED, discoloured/discolored,
COLOURFUL/COLORFUL ≠
COLOURLESS/COLORLESS,
multicoloured,
COLOUR/COLOR;
verb:
COLOUR/COLOR;
adverb:
COLOURFULLY/COLORFULLY ≠
COLOURLESSLY/COLORLESSLY]
1. [uncountable and countable] a substance used to give a particular colour to food:
green food colouring2. [uncountable] the activity of putting colours into drawings, or of drawing using
crayons, coloured pencils etc:
a children’s colouring competition3. [uncountable] the colour of someone’s skin, hair, and eyes:
Mandy has her mother’s fair coloring.4. [uncountable] the colours of an animal, bird, or plant
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