上色

shàngshǎi
  1. to color (a picture etc)
  2. to dye (fabric etc)
  3. to stain (furniture etc)

CEDICT

to colour; to dye

Wiktionary

  1. 将素白的东西添加颜色。
  2. 头角峥嵘，出人头地。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

上色 shàngsè
  1. top-quality
  2. top-grade

Entry Composition

1 上 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
2 色 shǎi
  1. (coll.) color
  2. used in 色子 shǎizi

Related entries

设色 shèsè
  1. to paint
  2. to color
染 rǎn
  1. to dye
  2. to catch (a disease)
  3. to acquire (bad habits etc)
  4. to contaminate
  5. to add color washes to a painting
布被染成鲜红。

The cloth was dyed bright red.

Source: Tatoeba

擩 rǔ
  1. to stain
  2. to dye
玷污 diànwū
  1. to stain
  2. to sully
  3. to tarnish
州長最近的醜聞玷污了她原本完美無瑕的政績。

The governor's recent scandal was a blight on her otherwise pristine track record.

Source: Tatoeba