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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Each color in the model corresponds to different temperatures and altitudes within WASP-18 b’s gaseous atmosphere.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Next, the base is Olive and June’s builder gel color in the shade Blush Jelly, adding Bachik’s own brand Cosmic Chrome collection in the color Aurora.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
The brother-sister Tabanelli tandem could win the country’s first medals of any color in the discipline.
—Nick Zaccardi, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
Grande unveiled her new (old) hair color in an October 29 Instagram post, pouting in a mirror selfie with her classic cat-eye makeup and cascading brown hair.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Next, the base is Olive and June’s builder gel color in the shade Blush Jelly, adding Bachik’s own brand Cosmic Chrome collection in the color Aurora.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
The brother-sister Tabanelli tandem could win the country’s first medals of any color in the discipline.
—Nick Zaccardi, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
Grande unveiled her new (old) hair color in an October 29 Instagram post, pouting in a mirror selfie with her classic cat-eye makeup and cascading brown hair.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Color in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/color%20in. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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