coloring : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: coloring	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for coloring
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coloring n a digestible substance used to give color to food; "food color made from vegetable dyes" Synonym(s): coloring, colouring, food coloring, food colouring, food color, food colour a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light" Synonym(s): color, colour, coloring, colouring Antonym(s): achromaticity, achromatism, colorlessness, colourlessness the act or process of changing the color of something Synonym(s): coloring, colouring
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Color \Col"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Colored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coloring}.] [F. colorer.] 1. To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain. The rays, to speak properly, are not colored; in them there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that color. --Sir I. Newton. 2. To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices. He colors the falsehood of [92]neas by an express command from Jupiter to forsake the queen. --Dryden. 3. To hide. [Obs.] That by his fellowship he color might Both his estate and love from skill of any wight. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coloring \Col"oring\, n. 1. The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color. 2. Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation. Tell the whole story without coloring* or gloss. --Compton Reade. {Dead coloring}. See under {Dead}.