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colouring book(dictionary)
food colouring agents(medicine)

colouring (iou)



colouring noun. Also *coloring. LME.
[from COLOUR verb + -ING1.]
The action of COLOUR verb. LME.
Matter which imparts colour. LME.
The effect of the application of colour; the style in which anything is coloured, or in which an artist employs colour. Also, a coloured drawing, a painting. E18.
b. Pervading character, tone, or aspect. M18.
c. Facial complexion; usual hue of the skin. M20.
protective colouring: see PROTECTIVE adjective.
Comb.: colouring book a book of outline drawings designed to be coloured in (usu. by children).