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coloring

coloring

18 2.0
The colors that appear on something
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌlərɪŋ/
  • US
translation icon : colorido
  • The artist used vibrant coloring to make the landscape painting more appealing.

If if I know one thing after all these years, it's put a guy with my coloring who's super pale but has blue eyes and red hair against blue.

Examples

  • Look, note the black coloring, characteristic of the meteor.

  • The two men were of a height, roughly of an age, and not dissimilar in coloring and features.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I have her body, I guess, but in my face and my coloring, I take after my dad.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • - Same build, same coloring.

  • Notice the touch in that one, and the coloring.

  • I would say she looks like, well, she has something of the coloring of Ms. Fisher.

  • With your husband's coloring, a deep tone would bring out his lips.

  • Their rich coloring in the early morning light always evoked for him times long past.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Look at that subtle off-white coloring.

  • If your coloring is in the autumn range like Maria, I would suggest you try the earth-tone eye makeup.

Synonyms

color
vscoloring
  • US
1.0

The way something looks because of its red, blue, or green shade

describes the overall visual appearance produced by light as it reflects, emits, or transmits
coloration
vscoloring
  • US
6 5.0

The pattern of colors on something that affects how it looks

describes the general visual appearance caused by light rather than surface pattern

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 Colorful

vividness
  • Specialized
1 4.1
brilliant
14 3.0
coloring
  • US
18 2.0
muted
10 4.2

Surface Forms

coloring singular
colorings plural
colourings plural
colouring singular

Morphology

coloring = color (transparent) = color + ing

Derived from 'color' + '-ing' to denote the resulting appearance or coloration; learners can infer this abstract sense from the base.

Etymology

Coloring comes from color, from Latin 'color' meaning 'colour', and it can mean the way something looks because of its colours. So the coloring of a bird or a leaf is the pattern or appearance of its colours.