Coloring — synonyms, coloring antonyms, definition

1. coloring (Noun) US

7 synonyms
color colour colouring food color food coloring food colour food colouring
3 definitions

coloring (Noun) — A digestible substance used to give colour to food. ex. "coloring made from vegetable dyes"

coloring (Noun) — A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit, transmit or reflect.

coloring (Noun) — The act or process of changing the colour of something.

5 types of
change of color change of colour food product foodstuff visual property
28 types
achromatic color achromatic colour chromatic color chromatic colour coloration colouration complexion dithered color dithered colour dyeing hair coloring hair colouring heather heather mixture mottle nonsolid color nonsolid colour primary color primary colour shade • • •
6 see also
colored colorful coloured colourful uncolored uncoloured

2. coloring (Verb) US

12 synonyms
coloring in colorising colorizing colouring in colourising colourizing discoloring discolouring distorting emblazoning glossing tinging
1 antonym
discoloring
6 definitions

coloring (Verb) — Add colour to. ex. "The child colored the drawings" ex. "Fall colored the trees" ex. "The child colored in the drawings"

coloring (Verb) — Affect as in thought or feeling. ex. "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"

coloring (Verb) — Modify or bias. ex. "His political ideas color his lectures"

coloring (Verb) — Decorate with colours. ex. "color the walls with paint in warm tones"

coloring (Verb) — Give a deceptive explanation or excuse for. ex. "color a lie"

coloring (Verb) — Change colour, often in an undesired manner. ex. "The shirts colored"

24 types of
acting upon adorning affecting altering apologising apologizing bearing on bearing upon beautifying changing decorating embellishing excusing gracing impacting influencing justifying modifying ornamenting rationalising • • •
57 types
Browning aurifying azuring blackening blacking blackwashing blanching blenching blotching bluing blushing bronzing burning crimsoning dyeing embrowning empurpling flushing graying greening • • •