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colouring

noun [S] (APPEARANCE) UK (US coloring)
 
 
/ˈkʌl.ər.ɪŋ/ US  /-ɚ-/

Definition

the combined effect of a person's hair, skin, and eye colour: Their colouring is so totally different that you would never think they were sisters.Hair colourThe skin, and skin colour
(Definition of colouring noun (APPEARANCE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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