From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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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.
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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.
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He colors the falsehood of [AE]neas by an express
command from Jupiter to forsake the queen. --Dryden.
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3. To hide. [Obs.]
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That by his fellowship he color might
Both his estate and love from skill of any wight.
--Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Coloring \Col"or*ing\, n.
1. The act of applying color to; also, that which produces
color.
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2. Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance;
show; disguise; misrepresentation.
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Tell the whole story without coloring or gloss.
--Compton
Reade.
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Dead coloring. See under Dead.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coloring
n 1: a digestible substance used to give color to food; "food
color made from vegetable dyes" [syn: coloring,
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; "a white color is made up of
many different wavelengths of light" [syn: color, colour,
coloring, colouring] [ant: achromaticity,
achromatism, colorlessness, colourlessness]
3: the act or process of changing the color of something [syn:
coloring, colouring]