coloring

To give something color.

“We could color the walls red.”

To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.

“My kindergartener loves to color.”

(of a person or their face) To become red through increased blood flow.

“Her face colored as she realized her mistake.”

To affect without completely changing.

“That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book.”

To attribute a quality to; to portray (as).

“Color me confused.”

To assign colors to the vertices of a graph (or the regions of a map) so that no two vertices connected by an edge (regions sharing a border) have the same color.

“Can this graph be 2-colored?”

An act or process which applies color.

Any substance used to give color.

“Our cookies contain no artificial flavorings or colorings.”

The appearance as to color.

A disguise or discoloration.

An assignment of a color to each vertex of a graph such that no two vertices connected by an edge are given the same color.