colour in

colour in
verb
add color to
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The child colored the drawings

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Fall colored the trees

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colorize black and white film

Syn:
Ant: ↑discolor (for: ↑color)
Derivationally related forms: ↑colouring (for: ↑colour), ↑color (for: ↑colorize), ↑coloration (for: ↑color), ↑color (for: ↑color), ↑coloring (for: ↑color)
Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑alter, ↑modify
Hyponyms:
blackwash, ↑motley, ↑parti-color, ↑polychrome, ↑polychromize, ↑polychromise, ↑azure, ↑purple, ↑empurple, ↑purpurate, ↑aurify, ↑verdigris, ↑pinkify, ↑incarnadine, ↑embrown, ↑brown, ↑handcolor, ↑handcolour, ↑tint, ↑tinct, ↑tinge, ↑touch, ↑pigment, ↑imbue, ↑hue, ↑retouch, ↑silver, ↑grey, ↑gray, ↑tone, ↑redden, ↑mottle, ↑streak, ↑blotch
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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colour in
To fill in an area on a piece of paper, etc with colour
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Main Entry:colour

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