colouring vs complexion

complexion vs colouring

colouring and complexion both are nouns.

colouring is not a verb while complexion is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colouring	Yes	No	No	No
complexion	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, complexion is a hyponym of colouring; that is, complexion is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than colouring:

colouring: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
complexion: the coloring of a person's face

Other hyponyms of colouring include primary color, primary colour, heather, heather mixture, mottle, shade, tincture, tint, tone, chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour, achromatic color, achromatic colour, coloration, colouration, skin color, skin colour, dithered color, dithered colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour, eye color, eye colour.

colouring (noun)	complexion (noun)
the act or process of changing the color of something	the coloring of a person's face
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect	(obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament
a digestible substance used to give color to food	texture and appearance of the skin of the face
	a point of view or general attitude or inclination
	a combination that results from coupling or interlinking

colouring (verb)	complexion (verb)
	give a certain color to

Difference between colouring and complexion

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