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/kˈələrɪŋ/ Listen

noun

Coloring n.

The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color.

Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation. "Tell the whole story without coloring or gloss."

Dead coloring. See under Dead.

verb

Color v. t. (past & past part. colored; pres. part. coloring)

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."

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 AEneas by an express command from Jupiter to forsake the queen."

To hide. (Obs.) "That by his fellowship he color might Both his estate and love from skill of any wight."

Color v. i. To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.

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"Coloring" Quotes from Famous Books

... If the batter looks too thick add half a cup sweet cream—this will depend on the size of the eggs and the dryness of the flour. Bake in deep pans, else in layers. By baking gold and silver batter in layers, and alternating them you can have a fine marble cake. Or by coloring half the white batter pink with vegetable color to be had from any confectioner, you can have rose-marble cake. This should be iced with pink frosting else with plain white, then dotted over with pink. Very decorative for birthday parties or ...

— Dishes & Beverages of the Old South • Martha McCulloch Williams

... color your words as rashly and with as vivid colors as you choose, Nolla, but I say that when you begin to infer that the coloring is of my choosing and that I am in hearty sympathy with the way you win out in matters, then I will balk and if necessary, deny it in the future. I hate color when ...

— Polly and Eleanor • Lillian Elizabeth Roy

... coloring violently, "I got it from him the next morning. Nothing should tempt me to part with that scarabaeus. Do you know that Jupiter is quite right ...

— Stories by Modern American Authors • Julian Hawthorne

... hair and eyes, and, with a bow here and a bit of fringe there, and a button somewhere else, dazzles us into thinking that she has an infinity of beautiful attire. Our rooms are new and pretty of themselves, to begin with; the tint of the paper, and the rich coloring of the border, corresponding with the furniture and carpets, will make them seem prettier. And now for arrangement. Take this front room. I propose to fill those two recesses each side of the fireplace with my books, in their plain pine cases, just breast-high from the floor: they are stained ...

— Household Papers and Stories • Harriet Beecher Stowe

... that I wish your mother well," said the squire, coloring, "and in any other way I am ready to help her and you. Indeed, I may be able to secure you ...

— Do and Dare - A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune • Horatio Alger, Jr.

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