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dead coloring

dead coloring is the alternative form of dead colouring.

Meaning of dead colouring

Noun

dead colouring (uncountable)

  1. The first broad outlines of a picture.
    • The colours necessary for dead colouring are: common white, light ochre, brown ochre, burnt umber, Indian red, ivory black, and Prussian blue.1829, Alexander Jamieson, A dictionary of mechanical science, arts, manufactures, and miscellaneous knowledge

Questions about dead coloring

What is dead coloring the alternative form of?
Dead coloring is the alternative form of dead colouring.

Words near dead coloring in the dictionary

  1. dead certs
  2. Dead Chest Island
  3. dead click
  4. dead clicks
  5. dead code
  6. dead coloring
  7. dead colouring
  8. dead comet
  9. dead comets
  10. dead donkey
  11. dead donkeys

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