لون2 لَوَّنَ i. q. ↓ تَلَوَّنَ It became coloured. (M.) b2:  It (a palm-tree) had dates which had become coloured. (T.) b3:  لَوَّنَ فِى الكَلَامِ [He varied in speech]. (Sgh, K, voce تَمَطَّطَ.) 5 تَلَوَّنَ It became coloured. (MA, KL.) See 1. b2:  It became variegated, or diversified in colour. b3:  And hence, (see تغّول,) It varied in state, or condition; it was, or became, variable therein. He assumed various forms, or appearances. b4: تَلَوَّنَ فُلَانٌ Such a one varied in disposition. (Msb.) لَوْنٌ Colour: (S, Msb, K:) distinctive quality or property: (M, K:) sort, or species: (S, K:) mood, disposition, or character.أَلْوَانُ الأَطْعِمَةِ [Sorts, or species, of viands]. (S in art. بأج.) مُتَلَوِّنٌ Varying, or variable, in dispositions. b2:  Unsteady in disposition. (K.)