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1 colouring
1) (something used to give colour: She put pink colouring in the icing.) litur2) (complexion: She had very high colouring (= a very pink complexion).) litaraft, hörundslitur -
2 camouflage
1. noun(something, eg protective colouring, that makes an animal, person, building etc difficult for enemies to see against the background: The tiger's stripes are an effective camouflage in the jungle; The soldiers wound leaves and twigs round their helmets as camouflage.) felubúningur, -litur2. verb(to conceal with camouflage.) felubúa, felulita -
3 chlorophyll
['klorəfil](the colouring matter of the green parts of plants.) blaðgræna -
4 cobalt
['kəubo:lt](a silver-white metal element with compounds that give a blue colouring.) kóbalt -
5 colour
1. noun1) (a quality which objects have, and which can be seen, only when light falls on them: What colour is her dress?; Red, blue and yellow are colours.) litur2) (paint(s): That artist uses water-colours.) litur3) ((a) skin-colour varying with race: people of all colours.) hörundslitur4) (vividness; interest: There's plenty of colour in his stories.) líf og fjör2. adjective((of photographs etc) in colour, not black and white: colour film; colour television.) lita, lit-3. verb(to put colour on; to paint: They coloured the walls yellow.) lita- coloured4. noun((sometimes used impolitely) a dark-skinned person especially of Negro origin.) litaður, hörundsdökkur- colouring
- colourless
- colours
- colour-blind
- colour scheme
- off-colour
- colour in
- show oneself in one's true colours
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6 dye
1. past tense, past participle - dyed; verb(to give a permanent colour to (clothes, cloth etc): I've just dyed my coat green; I'm sure she dyes her hair.) lita2. noun(a powder or liquid for colouring: a bottle of green dye.) litur; litunarefni -
7 lipstick
noun ((a stick of) colouring for the lips.) varalitur -
8 paint
[peint] 1. noun(a colouring substance in the form of liquid or paste: The artist's clothes were covered in paint; ( also adjective) a paint pot.) málning2. verb1) (to spread paint carefully on (wood, walls etc): He is painting the kitchen.) mála2) (to make a picture (of something or someone) using paint: She painted her mother and father.) mála•- painter- painting
- paint-box
- paint-brush -
9 pigment
['piɡmənt]1) (any substance used for colouring, making paint etc: People used to make paint and dyes from natural pigments.) litarefni2) (a substance in plants or animals that gives colour to the skin, leaves etc: Some people have darker pigment in their skin than others.) litarefni• -
10 pigmentation
noun (colouring (of skin etc): Some illnesses cause a loss of pigmentation.) litarháttur -
11 saffron
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colouring — n. same as {coloring}. [Brit.] [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
colouring — (Brit.) col·our·ing || kÊŒlÉ™rɪŋ n. act of coloring; pigment; pigmentation, coloration (also coloring) colour (Brit.) col·our || kÊŒlÉ™ v. add color, distort, falsify (also color) n. shade, tint, hue (also color) adj. using or having colour… … English contemporary dictionary
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colouring — n. artificial; natural; protective colouring * * * [ kʌl(ə)rɪŋ] colour line n. [ social boundary between races of different color ] to cross the colouring natural protective colouring color Hue artificial … Combinatory dictionary
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colouring — /ˈkʌlərɪŋ/ (say kuluhring) noun 1. the act or method of applying colour. 2. appearance as to colour. 3. characteristic aspect or tone. 4. specious appearance; show. 5. a substance used to colour something. –phrase 6. colouring in, the activity of …
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