Coloring

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  • noun. The art, manner, or process of applying color.
  • noun. A substance used to color something.
  • noun. Appearance with regard to color.
  • noun. Characteristic aspect, tone, or style.
  • noun. False or misleading appearance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act or art of applying or combining colors, as in painting.
  • noun. A combination of color; tints or hues collectively; effect of a combination of tints, as in a picture or natural landscape.
  • noun. A particular use of color, or style of combining colors, as in the work of an artist.
  • noun. A peculiar character or indefinable tone analogous to the effect of a general hue or tint, or of the combination of colors in a painting: said especially of tendency or style in writing or speaking.
  • noun. A specious appearance; pretense; show: as, the story has a coloring of truth.
  • noun. In music, same as colorature.
  • noun. The commercial name for a preparation of caramel used to color soups and gravies. See caramel, 1.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color.
  • noun. Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation.
  • noun. See under Dead.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of color.
  • noun. An act or process which applies color.
  • noun. The appearance as to color.
  • noun. A disguise or discoloration.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
  • noun. the act or process of changing the color of something
  • noun. a digestible substance used to give color to food
  • Word Usage
    "Unless it pulls a Prison Break and keeps me hooked with suspense or just generally improves as a show ... the coloring is a kepper, though, nice look."
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