colouring

noun

/ˈkʌlərɪŋ/

(US English coloring)

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[uncountable, countable] a substance that is used to give a particular colour to food
- red food colouring
- Contains no artificial colouring or flavouring.
[uncountable] the colour of a person’s skin, eyes and hair
- Blue suited her fair colouring.
- This face powder will enhance your natural colouring.
Extra Examples
- He daughter has very fair colouring.
- He had inherited his father's almost-silver hair and fair colouring.
- Their colouring was identical: white skin, black hair and very dark eyes.
Topics Appearancec1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- natural
- dark
- hair
- …
verb + colouring/coloring
- have
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[uncountable] the colours that exist in something, especially a plant or an animal
- insects with vivid yellow and black colouring
- She realized the coins were fake when the gold colouring began to rub off.
Extra Examples
- The guitar's overall colouring has obviously darkened with the passing of over three decades.
- The meat is pre-salted, which explains its vivid pink colouring and its salty flavour.
- monarch butterflies, with their spectacular black, brown and orange colouring

单词	colouring
释义	colouring noun /ˈkʌlərɪŋ/ /ˈkʌlərɪŋ/ (US English coloring) jump to other results [uncountable, countable] a substance that is used to give a particular colour to food red food colouring Contains no artificial colouring or flavouring. [uncountable] the colour of a person’s skin, eyes and hair Blue suited her fair colouring. This face powder will enhance your natural colouring. Extra Examples He daughter has very fair colouring. He had inherited his father's almost-silver hair and fair colouring. Their colouring was identical: white skin, black hair and very dark eyes. Topics Appearancec1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective natural dark hair … verb + colouring/coloring have See full entry [uncountable] the colours that exist in something, especially a plant or an animal insects with vivid yellow and black colouring She realized the coins were fake when the gold colouring began to rub off. Extra Examples The guitar's overall colouring has obviously darkened with the passing of over three decades. The meat is pre-salted, which explains its vivid pink colouring and its salty flavour. monarch butterflies, with their spectacular black, brown and orange colouring
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