coloring
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (3)
- a digestible substance used to give color to food“food color made from vegetable dyes”Synonyms: colouringfood coloringfood colouringfood colorfood colour
- 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”Synonyms: colorcolourcolouring
- the act or process of changing the color of somethingSynonyms: colouring
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain. [1913 Webster]
The rays, to speak properly, are not colored; in them there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that color.— Sir I. Newton.[1913 Webster]
2.To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices. [1913 Webster]
He colors the falsehood of [AE]neas by an express command from Jupiter to forsake the queen.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
3.To hide. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
That by his fellowship he color might Both his estate and love from skill of any wight.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
Coloring \Col"or*ing\, n.
1.The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color. [1913 Webster]
2.Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation. [1913 Webster]
Tell the whole story without coloring or gloss.— Compton Reade.[1913 Webster]
Dead coloring. See under Dead. [1913 Webster]