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color in

color in verb: to add colors to a black-and-white drawing, using colored drawing equipment.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To add colors to a black-and-white drawing, using colored drawing equipment.

Forms of color in

third-person singular presentcolors in
present participlecoloring in
past participlecolored in
pastcolored in
alternative formcolour in

Questions about color in

What does color in mean?
Color in means to add colors to a black-and-white drawing, using colored drawing equipment.
What part of speech is color in?
Color in is a verb.
What is the past tense of color in?
The past tense of color in is colored in.

Words near color in in the dictionary

  1. color force
  2. color forces
  3. color grading
  4. color guard
  5. color guards
  6. color in
  7. color inside the lines
  8. color killer
  9. color killers
  10. color line
  11. color lines

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