n. The act or art of applying or combining colors, as in painting.n. A combination of color; tints or hues collectively; effect of a combination of tints, as in a picture or natural landscape.n. A particular use of color, or style of combining colors, as in the work of an artist.n. A peculiar character or indefinable tone analogous to the effect of a general hue or tint, or of the combination of colors in a painting: said especially of tendency or style in writing or speaking.n. A specious appearance; pretense; show: as, the story has a coloring of truth.n. In music, same as colorature.n. The commercial name for a preparation of caramel used to color soups and gravies. See caramel, 1.