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col·or·ing

 (kŭl′ər-ĭng)
n.
1. The art, manner, or process of applying color.
2. A substance used to color something.
3. Appearance with regard to color.
4. Characteristic aspect, tone, or style.
5. False or misleading appearance.
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col•or•ing

(ˈkʌl ər ɪŋ)

n.
1. the act or method of applying color.
2. appearance as to color: healthy coloring.
3. a substance used to color something: food coloring.
4. aspect or tone.
5. specious appearance; show.
[1375–1425]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.coloring - a digestible substance used to give color to foodcoloring - a digestible substance used to give color to food; "food color made from vegetable dyes"
food product, foodstuff - a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
2.coloring - a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflectcoloring - 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"
visual property - an attribute of vision
primary color, primary colour - any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing
heather mixture, heather - interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color
mottle - an irregular arrangement of patches of color; "it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green"
tint, shade, tincture, tone - a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
achromatic color, achromatic colour - a color lacking hue; white or grey or black
coloration, colouration - appearance with regard to color; "her healthy coloration"
complexion, skin color, skin colour - the coloring of a person's face
dithered color, dithered colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour - a color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color
3.coloring - the act or process of changing the color of something
change of color - an act that changes the light that something reflects
tinting - the act of adding a tinge of color; "the hairdresser gave her hair a modest tinting"
hair coloring - the act of dyeing or tinting one's hair
dyeing - the use of dye to change the color of something permanently
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coloring

noun
1. Something that imparts color:
2. Skin tone, especially of the face:
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Translations
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着色
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coloring

تَلْوِين zbarvení farvelægning Färbung χρωματισμός color, colorido väritys coloration put colorazione 着色 착색 teint fargelegging kolorowanie coloração окрас färgning การให้สี boyama việc tô màu 外貌
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coloring

n colorante m; food — colorante alimentario or de alimentos
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But outside this matter of coloring they were as like as two peas.
Production of hair color also differs on the basis of application techniques including off-scalp and on-scalp coloring technique.
The concept of total coloring as a combination of vertex and edge coloring of a graph G has already been studied by M.
FW1, FW18, Printex 85, or Special Black 4 for coloring.
A comparison of the inkjet production method with photolithographic techniques reveals a lowering in total initial costs, a reduction in the amount of coloring materials, and a lowering in component costs as it is no longer necessary to use photomasks, which contribute to a 40% reduction in costs in the coloring process.
Another predator, the fang blenny, sometimes develops the coloring of a young, harmless, cleaner wrasse, notes Geoffrey P.
Now, with the advent of aliphatic TPUs, all of the previous color limitations are no longer an issue, and coloring and decorating options once not thought possible are wide open.
After her last coloring, she had developed a rash over much of her body, caused by an allergic reaction to the commercial hair color she had been using.
A two-day workshop dedicated to raise the attendee's level of knowledge of plastics coloring. Hands-on experience will help the attendee understand color, appearance, pigments (colorants) and visual/computer color matching.
The new Color Bubble Jet's printer driver software allows users to automatically correct digital camera images or other data for optimum coloring, brightness and contrast before printing.