染色 (rǎn sè) means “dye” | MotiTan Chinese Dictionary

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给旧衣服染色可以让颜色看起来更均匀。gěi jiù yī fú rǎn sè ké yǐ ràng yán sè kàn qǐ lái gèng jūn yún

Dyeing old clothes can make the color look more even.

A process that makes a material take on a new color through dye or pigment.

染rǎn: To color something by soaking it in or applying dye.
染发rǎn fà: To change the color of hair with dye.

用染料或其他颜料通过浸染、涂抹等方式使物体获得颜色。yòng rǎn liào huò qí tā yán liào tōng guò jìn rǎn tú mǒ děng fāng shì shǐ wù tǐ huò dé yán sè

染 (rǎn, "to dye") + 色 (sè, "color") forms a word for giving an object a color.

For hair, Chinese often makes the resulting color explicit with 染成 (rǎn chéng, "dye into"), a useful pattern in everyday conversations about hair color.