color in
phrasal verb
colored in; coloring in; colors in
: to add color to (a shape or picture) by using markers, crayons, colored pencils, etc.
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Conversely, large, bright rooms are best celebrated with lighter tones, which then lead to glimpses of intriguing darker colors in smaller adjacent rooms.
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Ariel Okin, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2025
Take Sophia Cook’s home tour, for example, which features pops of vibrant color in almost every part of her kitchen.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 16 Apr. 2025
These disparities, of course, cannot be explained by the percentage of people of color in the population.
—Ruth Lowenkron, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025
These agreements allow the federal immigration agency to delegate certain immigration enforcement responsibilities to local law enforcement, according to a report by the Sahan Journal, a nonprofit digital newsroom reporting for immigrants and communities of color in Minnesota.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Ariel Okin, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2025
Take Sophia Cook’s home tour, for example, which features pops of vibrant color in almost every part of her kitchen.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 16 Apr. 2025
These disparities, of course, cannot be explained by the percentage of people of color in the population.
—Ruth Lowenkron, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025
These agreements allow the federal immigration agency to delegate certain immigration enforcement responsibilities to local law enforcement, according to a report by the Sahan Journal, a nonprofit digital newsroom reporting for immigrants and communities of color in Minnesota.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Color in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/color%20in. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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