Color \Col"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colored; p. pr. & vb. n. Coloring.]

[F. colorer.]

1. To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain.

The rays, to speak properly, are not colored; in them there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that color. --Sir I. Newton.

2. To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices.

He colors the falsehood of [AE]neas by an express command from Jupiter to forsake the queen. --Dryden.

3. To hide. [Obs.]

That by his fellowship he color might Both his estate and love from skill of any wight. --Spenser.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Coloring \Col"or*ing\, n.

1. The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color.

2. Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation.

Tell the whole story without coloring or gloss. --Compton Reade.

Dead coloring. See under Dead.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)