coloring

1. A digestible substance used to give color to food (synset 107582704)
   "food color made from vegetable dyes"
   is a type of: food product, foodstuff - a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
   same as: colouring, food color, food coloring, food colour, food colouring
2. A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect (synset 104963771)
   "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"
   tells us about:

   • colored, colorful, coloured - having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
   • uncolored, uncoloured - without color
   is a type of: visual property - an attribute of vision
   subtypes:

   • primary color, primary colour - any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing
   • heather, heather mixture - interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color
   • mottle - an irregular arrangement of patches of color
   • shade, tincture, tint, tone - a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
   • chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hue
   • achromatic color, achromatic colour - a color lacking hue; white or grey or black
   • coloration, colouration - appearance with regard to color
   • complexion, skin color, skin colour - the coloring of a person's face
   • dithered color, dithered colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour - a color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color
   same as: color, colour, colouring
3. The act or process of changing the color of something (synset 100275785)
   is a type of: change of color - an act that changes the light that something reflects
   subtypes:

   • tinting - the act of adding a tinge of color
   • hair coloring - the act of dyeing or tinting one's hair
   • dyeing - the use of dye to change the color of something permanently
   same as: colouring

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