food coloring
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- noun
- /fuːd ˈkʌlərɪŋ/
- US
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colorante alimentario
- Just make a regular cake and then put food coloring in it; it will look the same, promise.
- red food coloring
- yellow food coloring
- green food coloring
I've dyed it blue with a few drops of sky blue food coloring dye.
- I've dyed it blue with a few drops of sky blue food coloring dye.
- Now you're going to dump it food coloring side down into your dish soap water bowl.
- Blue food colouring, red food colouring, yellow food colouring.
Examples
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And to make our lettuce, you'll need a little bit of green food coloring and shredded coconut.
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For the green frosting, I halved the buttercream recipe and used green food coloring instead.
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And then we added some green food coloring for fun.
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And my daughter loves food coloring and she plays with it all the time in the kitchen.
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We can even put red food coloring in it.
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I used a white cake box mix and added red food coloring to get a nice pink.
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Now we're going to add the food coloring and make some guacamole.
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And now we're just going to add some blue food coloring and make this the bluest pasta that you have ever seen.
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The kitchen table was littered with squeeze bulbs of food coloring, a bottle of vinegar, and bowls.
Fiction book (2000) -
To make the cake more festive, we decided to use bright red food coloring in the frosting.
Synonyms
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A paint or dye used to give something a particular shade
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A substance used to change the color of cloth or hair
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A safe substance added to food or drink to change its color
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A thing added to food or drink to change how it looks
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A thing added to food, fabric, paint, or cosmetics to give color
A substance that gives color to something like food or cloth
How Bright
- US
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a substance added to food to give it color' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'food' (what is being colored) with 'coloring' (a substance used to color). This is a literal, descriptive compound noun following a common noun-noun modification pattern found across many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Food coloring comes from its simple job: food + coloring, meaning something that 'colors' food. Think of dropping a little liquid into icing like an artist adding paint to a picture, and that's why it means 'a substance added to food to give it color'.