Meanings
verbcolour in (third-person singular simple present colours in, present participle colouring in, simple past and past participle coloured in)
present singular third person colours in · participle present colouring in · participle past coloured in · past coloured in · alternative color in
- To colourise; to add colours to a black-and-white drawing, using coloured drawing equipment.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbadd color to
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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APA
colour in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colour%20in
MLA
“colour in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colour%20in. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colour in,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colour%20in.
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