Which preposition to use with coloring

of Occurrences 1029%

It was later, that I noticed a change in the constant color of the gardens.

in Occurrences 272%

Since storms might come breaking down through the fine weather at any time, burying the colors in snow, and cutting off the artists' retreat, I advised getting ready at once.

on Occurrences 96%

The leaves of late Red Maples, still bright, strew the earth, often crimson-spotted on a yellow ground, like some wild apples,though they preserve these bright colors on the ground but a day or two, especially if it rains.

by Occurrences 89%

The person and character of Yussef are drawn in the most favorable colors by the Arabian writers.

with Occurrences 76%

On this day likewise they took a bird resembling a heron, of a black color with a white tuft on its head, and having webbed feet like a duck.

from Occurrences 75%

Do you feel it; do you notice it?" "Feel itsee itwhy, it is as palpable, or, rather to speak accurately, it is as clearly absent as the color from an oil-painting, leaving mere black and white outlines.

to Occurrences 63%

He had taken off his hat and jacket and effort had brought back the color to his skin.

of Occurrences 52%

The sunlight lay so beautifully on the hillsides, and contrasted so admirably with the deep shadows of the valley beneath, the lake was so calm and still, the old woods stood around so moveless and solemn, that one could scarcely persuade himself that he was not looking upon some gigantic picture, the fanciful grouping and transcendent coloring of some ingenious and winning artist.

for Occurrences 48%

The good man would use no purple or violet colors for the facings of his dress.

as Occurrences 44%

The foliage is of the same peculiar gray-green color as that of the Nut Pine, and is worn about as loosely, so that the body of the tree is scarcely obscured by it.

like Occurrences 37%

The wood is fine-grained and of a beautiful, creamy yellow color like box, sweet-scented when dry, though the green leaves emit a disagreeable odor.

at Occurrences 30%

Like beauty marks the dames they serve; Like colors at their spear-heads wave; While Tarfe kneels at Celia's feet, The King is Dorelice's slave. With belts of green and azure blue The gallant knights are girded fair; Their cloaks with golden orange glow, And verdant are the vests they wear.

than Occurrences 28%

The Chestnut Beard-Grass, Indian-Grass, or Wood-Grass, growing here and there in waste places, but more rare than the former, (from two to four or five feet high,) is still handsomer and of more vivid colors than its congeners, and might well have caught the Indian's eye.

into Occurrences 16%

She had on a wine-colored dress, and, with the excitement whipping color into her cheeks and her eyes dancing, Nelly Lebrun was a lovely picture.

about Occurrences 14%

Though he could not have expressed his sentiments in words, the garden brought poignant recollections of the hopes and promises which had thrown their rose color about the young days of his marriage.

under Occurrences 12%

" The wind blew shrewdly, with an occasional spatter of rain; the withered bracken lay like a vast carpet of dull copper-color under the cloudy sky; scattered fir-trees made fantastic shapes in the early gloom of a December day.

for Occurrences 9%

He has a painting which he believes to be by Guido; it seemed to me too fresh in its coloring for the sixteenth century.

through Occurrences 7%

Suddenly I caught just a glimpse of a tawny, brownish bit of color through the brush a short distance ahead.

against Occurrences 6%

His sun-browned face made a shriveled spot of color against the pillows.

before Occurrences 6%

Will the working of the Fifteenth Amendment oblige a candidate to show his Color before election?

from Occurrences 5%

They were peculiar to the age and to Europe, were fostered by the Church, and took a coloring from Christianity itself.

out Occurrences 5%

"You're real sure, Sheila, that you never could?that you'd rather go on with this?" She pressed all the curves and the color out of her lips, still looking at him, and nodded her head.

over Occurrences 5%

" He colored over the name.

throughout Occurrences 4%

The complete development of these characters is exhibited in northern species, and it has been beautifully shown that as we go southward there is a strong tendency to diminished size; toward smaller antlers and reduction in the number of tines; to smaller size, and finally complete loss of the metatarsal gland on the outside of the hind leg; and to the assumption of a uniform color throughout the year, instead of a seasonal change.

to Occurrences 4%

They have been called even by Virginia writers as we have seen, 'butterflies of aristocracy,' who had no influence in affairs or in giving its coloring to Virginia society.

Which preposition to use with  coloring