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3 definitions found 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 [AE]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"or*ing\, 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: coloring n 1: a digestible substance used to give color to food; "food color made from vegetable dyes" [syn: {colouring}, {food coloring}, {food colouring}, {food color}, {food colour}] 2: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "white is the coolest summer color" [syn: {color}, {colour}, {colouring}] [ant: {colorlessness}] 3: the act of of process of changing the color of something [syn: {colouring}]
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