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coloring

coloring

24 1.3
The act of adding color to something
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌlərɪŋ/
  • US
translation icon : coloreado (actividad)
  • Do you wanna see my coloring book?
  • coloring with crayons
  • coloring activity
  • hair coloring

Some hobbies that I love doing is painting or coloring or drawing.

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Examples

  • Look at how pretty the coloring is on this one.

  • You have trouble coloring inside the lines.

  • Just finish your coloring book and go back to sleep.

  • I'll take this home, my kids love coloring between the lines on these.

  • I'm gonna get her some coloring books.

  • Children sense that coloring and the use of crayons are a creative experience.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Nina's children, Sophie and Paul, were sitting at the kitchen table coloring in a book.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • A window seat at a bow window was completely covered with children's coloring books and crayons.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The question for study was, do primary-aged children value crayons and coloring exercises as positive creative experiences?

    Academic text (1994)
  • The boys sit at the table with our mother, coloring on sheets of construction paper.

Synonyms

pigmentation
vscoloring
  • Specialized
8 5.2

Natural color of skin, hair, or leaves caused by pigments

is a general act of changing appearance, not the innate natural hue of tissues
dyeing
vscoloring
  • Specialized
3 2.8

Changing the color of fabric or hair using dye permanently

is the broad act of changing appearance by hue rather than this specific permanent method
staining
vscoloring
3 3.7

The process of making a mark or color change on a surface like wood

is a general application of hue rather than a marking that leaves visible spots
tinting
vscoloring
2 4.0

An act of adding a small amount of color to hair or windows

is the general process of changing appearance rather than adding only a slight hue
coloration
vscoloring
  • US
1 5.5

The way an artist chooses and uses colors in a work

is the physical act or visible result of changing appearance, not an artistic choice
change of color
vscoloring
  • US
1 3.7

A process in which something becomes a different color

is the active application or visible effect of a coating instead of light change

Compounds

14 1.4

A liquid or powder that people add to food to give it color

coloring book
  • Baby Talk
11 1.0

A book with simple line drawings for children to color with crayons or pencils

A substance that gives color to something like food or cloth

3.2

Making hair a different shade by using dye

2.3

A product that you put on hair to make it a different shade

How Intense

dyeing
  • Specialized
3 2.8
coloring
  • US
24 1.3
tinting
2 4.0

Surface Forms

coloring singular
colorings plural
colourings plural
colouring singular

Morphology

coloring = color (transparent) = color + ing

Standard gerund/nominalization of the verb 'color' indicating the action or process, which is a straightforward derivation.

Etymology

Coloring is made from color plus the -ing ending, which turns a verb into the action of doing it. So coloring means the act or process of putting colour on something, much like 'painting'.