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color in

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color something in

to paint or draw color on a pattern or outline. Here is a sketch. Please color it in. Color in the sketch, please.

See also: color

color in

v.

To cover completely the bounded surface of something with a color: The child colored in an outline of a tree with green crayon. We traced the stencil and colored it in.

See also: color