Meanings
nounfood colouring (countable and uncountable, plural food colourings)
plural food colourings · alternative food coloring
- countableuncountableAny substance added to food in order to change its colour.
Add a few drops of blue food colouring to the icing.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 食用色素
- 食用色素 (shíyòng sèsù)substance
Danish farvestof, kulør
- farvestofsubstance
- kulørsubstance
Estonian toiduvärv
- toiduvärvsubstance
Finnish elintarvikeväri
- elintarvikevärisubstance
German Lebensmittelfarbstoff
- Lebensmittelfarbstoffsubstance
Greek χρωστική τροφίμων
- χρωστική τροφίμων (chrostikí trofímon)substance
Korean 착색제, 식용색소
- 착색제 (chaksaekje)substance
- 식용색소 (sigyongsaekso)substance
Polish barwnik spożywczy
- barwnik spożywczysubstance
Portuguese corante alimentar, corante alimentício
- corante alimentarsubstance
- corante alimentíciosubstance
Russian пищево́й краси́тель
- пищево́й краси́тель (piščevój krasítelʹ)substance
Thai สีผสมอาหาร
- สีผสมอาหาร (sǐi-pà-sǒm-aa-hǎan)substance
Cite this entry
APA
food colouring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/food%20colouring
MLA
“food colouring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/food%20colouring. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “food colouring,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/food%20colouring.
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