recolour

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A form of recolor — To color again or differently.

OriginEnglish colour ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

nounrecolour (plural recolours)

plural recolours · alternative US recolor

  1. UKalternativeAlternative form of recolor.
verbrecolour (third-person singular simple present recolours, present participle recolouring, simple past and past participle recoloured)

present singular third person recolours · participle present recolouring · participle past recoloured · past recoloured · alternative US recolor

  1. UKalternativeAlternative form of recolor.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishcolour
  7. Englishrecolour

From re- + colour.

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Cite this entry
APA

recolour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recolour

MLA

“recolour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recolour. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recolour,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recolour.

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