coloring

/ˈkʌlərɪŋ/

/ˈkʌlərɪŋ/

Other forms: colorings

Definitions of coloring

1. noun

   a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
   synonyms: color, colour, colouring

   types:

   primary color, primary colour

   any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing

   heather, heather mixture

   interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color

   mottle

   an irregular arrangement of patches of color

   shade, tincture, tint, tone

   a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

   chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour

   a color that has hue

   achromatic color, achromatic colour

   a color lacking hue; white or grey or black

   coloration, colouration

   appearance with regard to color

   complexion, skin color, skin colour

   the coloring of a person's face

   dithered color, dithered colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour

   a color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color

   primary color for pigments, primary colour for pigments

   any of three pigments from which all colors can be obtained by mixing

   primary color for light, primary colour for light

   any of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixing

   mellowness

   a soft shade of a color

   richness

   a strong deep vividness of hue

   tinge, undertone

   a pale or subdued color

   black, blackness, inkiness

   the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

   white, whiteness

   the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

   gray, grayness, grey, greyness

   a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

   red, redness

   red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

   orange, orangeness

   orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow

   salmon

   a pale pinkish orange color

   yellow, yellowness

   yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons

   blond, blonde

   a light grayish yellow to near white

   green, greenness

   green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

   blue, blueness

   blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime

   purple, purpleness

   a purple color or pigment

   pink

   a light shade of red

   brown, brownness

   an orange of low brightness and saturation

   olive

   a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation

   pastel

   any of various pale or light colors

   complementary, complementary color

   either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)

   hair coloring

   coloring of the hair

   pigmentation

   coloration of living tissues by pigment

   depigmentation

   absence or loss of pigmentation (or less than normal pigmentation) in the skin or hair

   blondness, fairness, paleness

   the property of having a naturally light complexion

   rosiness, ruddiness

   a healthy reddish complexion

   achromasia, lividity, lividness, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness

   unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)

   sallowness

   a sickly yellowish skin color

   tawniness

   the quality or state of being the color of tanned leather

   darkness, duskiness, swarthiness

   a swarthy complexion

   whiteness

   lightness or fairness of complexion

   protective coloration

   coloration making an organism less visible or attractive to predators

   type of:

   visual property

   an attribute of vision
2. noun

   the act or process of changing the color of something
   synonyms: colouring

   types:

   tinting

   the act of adding a tinge of color

   hair coloring

   the act of dyeing or tinting one's hair

   dyeing

   the use of dye to change the color of something permanently

   rinse

   the act of giving a light tint to the hair

   staining

   (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study

   type of:

   change of color

   an act that changes the light that something reflects
3. noun

   a digestible substance used to give color to food
   synonyms: colouring, food color, food coloring, food colour, food colouring

   type of:

   food product, foodstuff

   a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food