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coloring

The correct spelling is coloring.

How to pronounce coloring

verb

Say it like: Col-ori-ng

The correct spelling is coloring. To give something color. For example: "We could color the walls red."

Usage Examples

We could color the walls red.

My kindergartener loves to color.

Her face colored as she realized her mistake.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To give something color.
  2. 2.To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.
  3. 3.(of a person or their face) To become red through increased blood flow.
  4. 4.To affect without completely changing.
  5. 5.To attribute a quality to; to portray (as).

noun

  1. 1.An act or process which applies color.
  2. 2.Any substance used to give color.
  3. 3.The appearance as to color.
  4. 4.A disguise or discoloration.
  5. 5.An assignment of a color to each vertex of a graph such that no two vertices connected by an edge are given the same color.

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