col ‧ our ‧ ing BrE AmE British English , coloring American English /ˈkʌlərɪŋ/ noun
[ Word Family: noun : COLOUR/COLOR , COLOURING/COLORING , ↑ coloration , COLOURANT/COLORANT , COLOURIST/COLORIST ; adjective : COLOURED/COLORED , discoloured/discolored, COLOURFUL/COLORFUL ≠ COLOURLESS/COLORLESS , ↑ multicoloured , COLOUR/COLOR ; verb : COLOUR/COLOR ; adverb : COLOURFULLY/COLORFULLY ≠ COLOURLESSLY/COLORLESSLY ]
1 . [uncountable and countable] a substance used to give a particular colour to food:
green food colouring
2 . [uncountable] the activity of putting colours into drawings, or of drawing using ↑ crayon s , coloured pencils etc:
a children’s colouring competition
3 . [uncountable] the colour of someone’s skin, hair, and eyes:
Mandy has her mother’s fair coloring.
4 . [uncountable] the colours of an animal, bird, or plant