colouring; having or giving colour, complexion. MN.i.446 (in phrase assaṁ assa-damako vaṇṇiyañ ca valiyañ ca anuppavecchati, translated by Neumann as “lässt der Rossebändiger noch die letzte Strählung und Striegelung angedeihen”; still doubtful) AN.iii.54 (dubbaṇṇiyaṁ bad complexion) Iti.76 (dub˚ evil colour)

fr. vaṇṇeti