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  • present participle of color.
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coloring

[kuhl-er-ing] / ˈkʌl ər ɪŋ /
NOUN
coloration
Synonyms


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The genre is known for sweets with distinct shapes, tastes and textures, all of which are made without artificial coloring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

These products may contain ingredients including preservatives, artificial coloring, flavor enhancers, and emulsifiers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Food and Drug Administration, which asked companies to more quickly remove red dye No. 3 — a similar synthetic food coloring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Jobs, goods and services have all but disappeared, with uncertainty coloring the future.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

I use the Aura arcana to extract the paint and coat the new body-shaped canvas, coloring it the same shade as the sand that lines the royal beach.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

If the Renaissance had been known as the Resurrection, might we be more aware of the period’s metaphysical colorings?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

Examples that can be found around us include various amino acids, including monosodium glutamate, food proteins, enzymes, flavoring compounds, food colorings, and bioactive substances.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2024

Some studies began suggesting that chemical dyes, and particularly some of the red ones, could have adverse health effects if consumed as food colorings or in cosmetics like lipstick.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023

You can also dye the icing with natural food colorings, from red and orange to green and blue; more on those variations here.

From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2022

The sun was nursing the young grass into verdure, and the prairie was just beginning to put off its winter coat of somber colorings.

From Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences by Daughters of the American Revolution. Nebraska


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