coloring

comparative more coloring · superlative most coloring · alternative UK colouring

1. That colors something.
2. alsofigurativelyThat conveys or imparts color.

plural colorings · alternative UK colouring

1. countableuncountableAn act or process which applies color.
2. countableuncountableAny substance used to give color.

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   1 more example

   The Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday a series of measures to phase out eight artificial food dyes and colorings from America's food supply by the end of next year. […] The proposal also outlined a commitment for companies to supply food for school lunches that does not include artificial dyes or coloring.

   2025 April 22, Sony Salzman, Cheyenne Haslett, Will McDuffie, and Mary Kekatos, “RFK Jr. unveils plan to phase out 8 artificial food dyes in the US”, in ABC News

   Synonyms: pigment

3. countableuncountableThe appearance as to color.

   The Rolands, both U.S.-educated lawyers with faculty positions in the national law school, are olive skinned, with the coloring of some Italians or Sephardic Jews.

   1983 December 24, Andrea Loewenstein, “"What's Freedom Without Food In Your Stomach?" — A Trip to Haiti”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 8

   Synonyms: coloration

4. countableuncountableA disguise or discoloration.
5. countableuncountablegraph theoryAn assignment of a color to each vertex of a graph, usually such that no two vertices connected by an edge are given the same color.

alternative UK colouring

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of color