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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