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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As previously reported, the bright iridescent colors in things like peacock feathers and butterfly wings don't come from any pigment molecules but from how they are structured.
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Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2025
City lights, for example, can drown out the colors in the sky.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 30 July 2025
And perhaps most notably, 82% say the colors in their home impact their self-confidence.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 30 July 2025
And, as for summer colors in my surroundings, give me cooling purples and blues.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2025
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Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2025
City lights, for example, can drown out the colors in the sky.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 30 July 2025
And perhaps most notably, 82% say the colors in their home impact their self-confidence.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 30 July 2025
And, as for summer colors in my surroundings, give me cooling purples and blues.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2025
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“Color in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/color%20in. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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