color your choices

[beeja]

Hi,

Ann acceped a ride home from a group of men she only vaguely knew. What later ensued would color her choices for years, as she experienced a gang rape.

What does it mean "color her choices" here? Don't understand.

Thank you,

beeja

[bhaisahab]

Hi,

Ann acceped a ride home from a group of men she only vaguely knew. What later ensued would color her choices for years, as she experienced a gang rape.

What does it mean "color her choices" here? Don't understand.

Thank you,

beeja

It means it affected the choices that she would make in her life, make her choose to be more careful for example.