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coloring in

coloring in is the present participle and gerund of color in.

Meaning of color in

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.

Questions about coloring in

What is coloring in the present participle and gerund of?
Coloring in is the present participle and gerund of color in.

Words near coloring in in the dictionary

  1. colorines
  2. coloring
  3. coloring book
  4. coloring books
  5. coloring by number
  6. coloring in
  7. coloring inside the lines
  8. coloring outside the lines
  9. coloring pencil
  10. coloring pencils
  11. coloring up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coloring in (page history and authors); color in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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