The colouring of something is the colour or colours that it is.
Other countries vary the coloring of their bank notes as well as their size. [+ of]
...the scenery was losing its bright colouring.
2. uncountable noun [usually with poss]
Someone's colouring is the colour of their hair, skin, and eyes.
None of them had their father's dark colouring.
Choose shades which tone in with your natural colouring.
3. uncountable noun
Colouring is a substance that is used to give colour to food.
A few drops of green food coloring were added.
4. See also colour
colouring in British English
or US coloring (ˈkʌlərɪŋ)
noun
1.
the process or art of applying colour
2.
anything used to give colour, such as dye, paint, etc
3.
appearance with regard to shade and colour
4.
arrangements of colours and tones, as in the markings of birds and animals
5.
the colour of a person's features or complexion
6.
a false or misleading appearance
Examples of 'colouring' in a sentence
colouring
Composite flower heads appear from June, colouring from green buds to a vivid red in time for autumn.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Dress and hair colouring have a great deal to do with it.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Why not add some food colouring for fun?
The Sun (2015)
Pour a teaspoon of green food colouring into four glasses and stir.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is not a permitted food colouring and is commonly used in the sewage industry.
The Sun (2014)
Divide the mixture in half and add the food colouring to one batch of batter.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Adding a couple of drops of food colouring will give your cakes a fun look.
The Sun (2009)
Add a few drops of food colouring if you like.
The Sun (2014)
Add a few drops of food colouring.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Put a few drops of green food colouring in the milk to make it look as if it has soured.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Skin colouring is also genetically determined.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
With her dark colouring and petite frame, she should be experimenting with bolder colours.
The Sun (2009)
Clearly the world is full of nervous blondes who feel great once they are given a medicine precisely tailored to their hair colouring.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Spoon 1-2 tbsp into a small bowl and tint green using colouring paste.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Repeat the process with the peppermint mixture, using green food colouring.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The green colouring is due to the tubers being exposed to light, either during growing or storage.
The Sun (2012)
I got my dark colouring from my mother.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Ensure you take off the excess powder from the brush before applying, this gives a soft natural colouring.
The Sun (2014)
But she is the only one with a coat to dye for - her three brothers still have their natural colouring.
The Sun (2011)
In Beijing, they will fly me out for one hair colouring.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Hair styling and colouring, a manicure, fashion styling and photography are all included.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In Britain, sales of home hair colouring kits have risen by a third in the past three years.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I am size 10-12, have dark colouring and am in my forties.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In other languages
colouring
British English: colouring /ˈkʌlərɪŋ/ NOUN
Someone's colouring is the colour of their hair, skin, and eyes.
American English: coloring
Arabic: تَلْوِين
Brazilian Portuguese: coloração
Chinese: 外貌
Croatian: put
Czech: zbarvení
Danish: farvelægning
Dutch: teint
European Spanish: color
Finnish: väritys
French: coloration
German: Färbung
Greek: χρωματισμός
Italian: colorazione
Japanese: 着色
Korean: 착색
Norwegian: fargelegging
Polish: kolorowanie
European Portuguese: coloração
Romanian: culoare
Russian: окрас
Latin American Spanish: colorido
Swedish: färgning
Thai: การให้สี
Turkish: boyama
Ukrainian: забарвлення
Vietnamese: việc tô màu
All related terms of 'colouring'
chromatic colour
an attribute of things that results from the light they reflect , transmit , or emit in so far as this light causes a visual sensation that depends on its wavelengths
colour
The colour of something is the appearance that it has as a result of the way in which it reflects light. Red, blue, and green are colours.
colouring book
A colouring book is a book of simple drawings which children can colour in.
food colouring
substances used to impart colour to food
r-colour
an ( r ) quality imparted to certain vowels , usually by retroflexion
colour in
If you colour in a drawing , you give it different colours using crayons or paints .