color by number

noun

A simple coloring exercise, intended especially for children, consisting of a line drawing that divides the artwork into distinct spaces, the intended color of each indicated by a number and referenced from a key.

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Meanings

nouncolor by number (plural color by numbers)

plural color by numbers · alternative color by numbers

  1. attributiveA simple coloring exercise, intended especially for children, consisting of a line drawing that divides the artwork into distinct spaces, the intended color of each indicated by a number and referenced from a key.
  2. uncountableA technique that applies such exercises, as formerly used in the production of large-scale animations for instance.
verbcolor by number (third-person singular simple present colors by number, present participle coloring by number, simple past and past participle colored by number)

present singular third person colors by number · participle present coloring by number · participle past colored by number · past colored by number · alternative color by numbers

  1. intransitiveTo complete such an exercise; to carry out such a technique by filling in each space with the appropriate color.
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