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color by number

color by number noun: a simple coloring exercise, intended especially for children, consisting of a line drawing that divides the artwork into distinct spaces, the intended color of each indicated by a number and referenced from a key.

Noun

color by number (plural color by numbers)

  1. (attributive) A simple coloring exercise, intended especially for children, consisting of a line drawing that divides the artwork into distinct spaces, the intended color of each indicated by a number and referenced from a key.
  2. (uncountable) A technique that applies such exercises, as formerly used in the production of large-scale animations for instance.

Verb

color by number (third-person singular simple present colors by number, present participle coloring by number, simple past and past participle colored by number)

  1. (intransitive) To complete such an exercise; to carry out such a technique by filling in each space with the appropriate color.

Forms of color by number

Noun
pluralcolor by numbers
alternative formcolor by numbers
Verb
third-person singular presentcolors by number
present participlecoloring by number
past participlecolored by number
pastcolored by number

Questions about color by number

What does color by number mean?
Color by number means a simple coloring exercise, intended especially for children, consisting of a line drawing that divides the artwork into distinct spaces, the intended color of each indicated by a number and referenced from a key.
What part of speech is color by number?
Color by number can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of color by number?
The plural of color by number is color by numbers.

Words near color by number in the dictionary

  1. color bars
  2. color bass
  3. color blind
  4. color blindness
  5. color blindnesses
  6. color by number
  7. color by numbers
  8. color center
  9. color charge
  10. color charges
  11. color code

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