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colour in

colour in verb: to colourise; to add colours to a black-and-white drawing, using coloured drawing equipment.

Verb

colour in (third-person singular simple present colours in, present participle colouring in, simple past and past participle coloured in)

  1. To colourise; to add colours to a black-and-white drawing, using coloured drawing equipment.

Forms of colour in

third-person singular presentcolours in
present participlecolouring in
past participlecoloured in
pastcoloured in
alternative formcolor in

Questions about colour in

What does colour in mean?
Colour in means to colourise; to add colours to a black-and-white drawing, using coloured drawing equipment.
What part of speech is colour in?
Colour in is a verb.
What is the past tense of colour in?
The past tense of colour in is coloured in.

Words near colour in in the dictionary

  1. colour field painting
  2. colour force
  3. colour forces
  4. colour guard
  5. colour guards
  6. colour in
  7. colour inside the lines
  8. colour killer
  9. colour killers
  10. colour light
  11. colour light signal

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