colouring

UK (US coloring)

/ˈkʌlərɪŋ/ noun [U]

Definition

COLOUR › the colour of something, especially an animal or person's skin, hair, and eyes: The boys have their father's colouring.

SUBSTANCE › a substance that is used to colour something: food/artificial colouring

(Definition of colouring noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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