HyperDic: colouring

English > 3 senses of the word *colouring*:
NOUN	food	colouring, coloring, food coloring, food colouring, food color, food colour	a digestible substance used to give color to food
	attribute	colouring, color, colour, coloring	a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
	act	colouring, coloring	the act or process of changing the color / color of something

English > *colouring*: 3 senses > noun 1, food
Meaning	A digestible substance used to give color to food.
Synonyms	coloring, food coloring, food colouring, food color, food colour
Broader	foodstuff, food product	A substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
Spanish	colorante
Catalan	colorant
Verbs	colour	add color to

English > *colouring*: 3 senses > noun 2, attribute
Meaning	A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect.
Synonyms	color, colour, coloring
Attributes	colored, coloured, colorful	Having color or a certain color
Attributes	uncolored, uncoloured	Without color
Narrower	achromatic color, achromatic colour	A color lacking hue
	chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour	A color that has hue
	coloration, colouration	appearance with regard to color
	complexion, skin color, skin colour	The coloring of a person's face
	heather mixture, heather	interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color
	mottle	An irregular arrangement of patches of color
	nonsolid color, nonsolid colour, dithered color, dithered colour	A color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color
	primary color, primary colour	Any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing
	shade, tint, tincture, tone	A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
Broader	visual property	An attribute of vision
Opposite	colorlessness, colourlessness, achromatism, achromaticity	The visual property of being without chromatic color
Spanish	coloración, colorido, color, tez
Catalan	coloració, color
Verbs	colour	add color to

English > *colouring*: 3 senses > noun 3, act
Meaning	The act or process of changing the color / color of something.
Synonym	coloring
Narrower	dyeing	The use of dye to change the color / color of something permanently
	hair coloring	The act of dyeing or tinting one's hair
	tinting	The act of adding a tinge of color / color
Broader	change of color	An act that changes the light that something reflects
Spanish	coloración
Catalan	coloració
Verbs	colour	change color, often in an undesired manner

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