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• the children love to draw and colour.
• a colouring book (= with pictures that you can add colour to)
• how long have you been colouring (= dyeing) your hair?
• he drew a monster and coloured it green.

colour

1. to put colour on something using paint, coloured pencils, etc.
• The children love to draw and colour.
• a colouring book (= with pictures that you can add colour to)
• How long have you been colouring (= dyeing) your hair?
• He drew a monster and coloured it green.
2. to become red with embarrassment
• synonym blush
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/blush_1
• She coloured at his remarks.
3. to affect something, especially in a negative way
• This incident coloured her whole life.
• Don't let your judgement be coloured by personal feelings.

Extra Examples

• His opinions are heavily coloured by his own experiences.
• Don’t let your judgement be coloured by personal feelings.
• Everyone in the room stared at Gerry, and he coloured slightly.
• He drew a monster and coloured it red.
• He grinned at Mary, who coloured up instantly.
• How long have you been colouring your hair?
• I’ll draw a tree and you can colour it in.
• Statements are always coloured by their context.
• Such incidents tend to colour public attitudes towards the police.
• The children love drawing and colouring.
• The experience moulded and coloured her whole life.
• a colouring book

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they colour
• he / she / it colours
• past simple coloured
• past participle coloured
• -ing form colouring

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French colour (noun), colourer (verb), from Latin color (noun), colorare (verb).