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 colouring

2. [uncountable] the activity of putting colours into drawings, or of drawing using crayons, coloured pencils etc:
a children’s colouring competition

3. [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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colouring
noun
ADJ. natural | dark, fair
VERB + COLOURING have He daughter has very fair colouring.

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