coloring

(noun) a digestible substance used to give color to food. Synonyms: colouring, food coloring, food colouring, food color, food colour. Example: "Food color made from vegetable dyes."

(noun) a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect. Synonyms: color, colour, colouring. Example: "A white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light."

(noun) the act or process of changing the color of something. Synonyms: colouring.

(verb) add color to. Synonyms: color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in. Examples: "The child colored the drawings." "Fall colored the trees." "Colorize black and white film."

(verb) affect as in thought or feeling. Synonyms: tinge, color, colour, distort. Examples: "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case." "The sadness tinged his life."

(verb) modify or bias. Synonyms: color, colour. Example: "His political ideas color his lectures."

(verb) decorate with colors. Synonyms: color, colour, emblazon. Example: "Color the walls with paint in warm tones."

(verb) give a deceptive explanation or excuse for. Synonyms: color, colour, gloss. Example: "Color a lie."

(verb) change color, often in an undesired manner. Synonyms: discolor, discolour, colour, color. Example: "The shirts discolored."