1. The act or process of changing the colour of something
   "The colouring of the leaves in autumn is a spectacular natural phenomenon";
   - coloring [US]
    
2. A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit, transmit or reflect
   "The colouring of autumn leaves was spectacular";
   - color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], coloring [US]
    
3. A digestible substance used to give colour to food
   "food colouring made from vegetable dyes";
   - coloring [US], food coloring [US], food colouring [Brit, Cdn], food color [US], food colour [Brit, Cdn]

1. Add colour to
   "The child coloured the drawings"; "Fall coloured the trees"; "The child coloured in the drawings";
   - color [US], colorize [US], colorise [Brit], colourise [Brit], colourize [Brit, Cdn], color in [US], colour in [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Affect as in thought or feeling
   "My personal feelings colour my judgment in this case"; "The sadness coloured his life";
   - tinge, color [US], distort
    
3. Modify or bias
   "His political ideas colour his lectures";
   - color [US]
    
4. Decorate with colours
   "colour the walls with paint in warm tones";
   - color [US], emblazon
    
5. Give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
   "colour a lie";
   - color [US], gloss
    
6. Change colour, often in an undesired manner
   "The white shirt coloured after being washed with red socks";
   - discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], color [US]

Derived forms: colourings

See also: colored [US], colorful [US], coloured [Brit, Cdn], colourful [Brit, Cdn], uncolored [US], uncoloured [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: act upon, adorn, affect, alter, bear on, bear upon, beautify, change, change of color [US], change of colour [Brit, Cdn], decorate, embellish, excuse, fancify, food product, foodstuff, grace, impact, influence, modify, ornament, rationalise [Brit], rationalize, visual property, work

Encyclopedia: Colouring