染 (rǎn): to dye

Mom put the white cloth into the blue dye vat, and after a while, the white cloth was dyed blue.

She accidentally dripped red ink on her clothes, and as a result, dyed a large area of her sleeve red.

Autumn arrived, and the maple leaves were dyed red by the autumn frost; the whole mountain looked like a beautiful painting.

The wastewater discharged from this factory dyed the nearby river black and smelly, and the residents were very dissatisfied with this.

Cloth dyed with natural plant dyes may not be as bright as that dyed with chemical dyes, but it is gentler on the skin.

He stood on the mountaintop, watching the sunset dye the sky golden, and felt an immense peace in his heart.