COLOURING MATERIAL Synonyms

• writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing

• write, draw, or trace with a crayon

• a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair

• color with dye

• color for microscopic study

• a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing

• dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods

• append one's signature to

• mark, coat, cover, or stain with ink

• fill with ink

• some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something

• a distinguishing symbol

• a writing implement for making a mark

• a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating

• (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court

• makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks

• make a painting

• apply paint to; coat with paint

• make a painting of

• apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil

• any of various pale or light colors

• lacking in body or vigor

• delicate and pale in color

• a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood

• graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication

• a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point

• a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face

• write, draw, or trace with a pencil

• dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)

• any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color

• a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating

• acquire pigment; become colored or imbued

• color or dye with a pigment

• a painting produced with watercolors

• a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists

• water-soluble pigment

• the art or technique of painting with watercolors

• paint with watercolors

• having or capable of producing colors

• a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

• interest and variety and intensity

• the timbre of a musical sound

• an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

• any material used for its color

• (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction

• the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

• add color to

• affect as in thought or feeling

• modify or bias

• decorate with colors

• give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

• change color, often in an undesired manner

• having or capable of producing colors

• any material used for its color

• (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction

• interest and variety and intensity

• the timbre of a musical sound

• a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

• an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

• the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

• modify or bias

• decorate with colors

• give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

• affect as in thought or feeling

• add color to

• change color, often in an undesired manner

• any material used for its color