1. (

• 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" ;

2. (

• 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" ;

3. (

• coloring ,
• colouring

) the act or process of changing the color of something ;

1. (

• 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" ;

2. (

• tinge ,
• color ,
• colour ,
• distort ,

) affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life" ;

3. (

• color ,
• colour ,

) modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures" ;

4. (

• color ,
• colour ,
• emblazon ,

) decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones" ;

5. (

• color ,
• colour ,
• gloss ,

) give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie" ;

6. (

• discolor ,
• discolour ,
• colour ,
• color ,

) change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored" ;

1. (

• color ,
• colour ,

) having or capable of producing colors; "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations" ;