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watercolor

watercolor is the alternative spelling of watercolour.

Meaning of watercolour

Adjective

watercolour (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor.

See all 5 meanings of watercolour

Forms of watercolor

Noun
pluralwatercolors
Verb
third-person singular presentwatercolors
present participlewatercoloring
past participlewatercolored
pastwatercolored

Origin of watercolor

From water + color.

Phrases with watercolor

Questions about watercolor

What is watercolor the alternative spelling of?
Watercolor is the alternative spelling of watercolour.

Words near watercolor in the dictionary

  1. waterclosets
  2. watercoaster
  3. watercoasters
  4. watercock
  5. watercocks
  6. watercolor
  7. watercolor illusion
  8. watercolor illusions
  9. watercolored
  10. watercoloring
  11. watercolorings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: watercolor (page history and authors); watercolour (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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