Why do we say “ colorare / to colour” ?

The answer seems to be in the Indo-european root *kel- meaning to cover or to conceal by darkening. Traces of this are in Sanskrit "kāla" & Ancient Greek "κελαινός (kelainòs)" meaning balck/obscure and in Italian "celare" a synonym of "nascondere", to hide.
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