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单词 colour
释义
colour
(kʌləʳ )
Word forms: colours , colouring , coloured regional note:   in AM, use color
1. countable noun A1
The colour of something is the appearance that it has as a result of the way in which it reflects light. Red, blue, and green are colours.
'What colour is the car?'—'Red.'
Her silk dress was sky-blue, the colour of her eyes.
Judi's favourite colour is pink.
The badges come in twenty different colours and shapes.
Synonyms: hue, tone, shade, tint  
2. variable noun
A colour is a substance you use to give something a particular colour. Dyes and make-up are sometimes referred to as colours.
...The Body Shop Herbal Hair Colour.
It is better to avoid all food colours.
...the latest lip and eye colours.
Synonyms: paint, stain, dye, tint  
3. verb A2
If you colour something, you use something such as dyes or paint to change its colour.
I've never been one for colouring my hair at home. [VERB noun]
We'd been making cakes and colouring the posters. [VERB noun]
The petals can be cooked with rice to colour it yellow. [V n colour]
Synonyms: tint, stain, dye  
colouring uncountable noun A2
They could not afford to spoil those maps by careless colouring.
4. verb
If someone colours, their face becomes redder than it normally is, usually because they are embarrassed.
Andrew couldn't help noticing that she coloured slightly. [VERB]
Synonyms: blush, flush, crimson, redden  
5. countable noun [usually singular, oft poss NOUN]
Someone's colour is the colour of their skin. People often use colour in this way to refer to a person's race. [politeness]
I don't care what colour she is.
He acknowledged that Mr Taylor's colour and ethnic origins were utterly irrelevant in the circumstances.
6. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A2
A colour photograph, picture, or film is one that shows things in all their colours, and not just in black, white, and grey.
There was a colour photo of me in the newspaper.
7. uncountable noun
Colour is a quality that makes something especially interesting or exciting.
She had resumed the travel necessary to add depth and colour to her novels.
8.  See also local colour
9. verb
If something colours your opinion, it affects the way that you think about something.
The attitude of the parents must colour the way children approach school. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: influence, affect, prejudice, distort  
10. plural noun
A country's national colours are the colours of its national flag.
The Opera House is decorated with the Hungarian national colours: green, red and white.
11. plural noun
People sometimes refer to the flag of a particular part of an army, navy, or air force, or the flag of a particular country as its colours.
Troops raised the country's colors in a special ceremony.
...the battalion's colours.
12. plural noun
A sports team's colours are the colours of the clothes they wear when they play.
I was wearing the team's colours.
13.  See also coloured, colouring
14. with flying colours phrase
If you pass a test with flying colours, you have done very well in the test.
So far McAllister seemed to have passed all the tests with flying colors.
15. in colour phrase B2
If a film or television programme is in colour, it has been made so that you see the picture in all its colours, and not just in black, white, or grey.
Was he going to show the film? Was it in colour?
1958 was the first World Cup to be broadcast live in colour on television
16. to nail your colours to the mast phrase [VERB inflects]
If someone nails their colours to the mast, they say what they really think about something.
I shall nail my colours firmly to the mast–as a feminist I find movies like this offensive.
17. to nail your colours to someone's mast phrase [VERB inflects]
If you nail your colours to someone's mast, or if you nail your colours to a particular mast, you show that you support a particular person or issue. [journalism]
He has nailed his colours firmly to Mr Dobson's mast.
We've firmly nailed our colours to the mast of style and quality.
18. to see the colour of someone's money phrase [VERB inflects]
If you say that you want to see the colour of someone's money, you mean that you are not prepared to sell them something or do something for them until they have proved that they have the money to pay for it.
He never entered into conversation with a customer until he'd seen the colour of his money.
19. of colour phrase
People of colour are people who belong to a race with dark skins. [politeness]
Black communities spoke up to defend the rights of all people of color.
20. true colours phrase
If you see someone in their true colours or if they show their true colours, you realize what they are really like.
The children are seeing him in his true colours for the first time now.
The team showed their true colours by beating the league leaders.
Phrasal verbs:
colour in
phrasal verb B2
If you colour in a drawing, you give it different colours using crayons or paints.
Someone had coloured in all the black and white pictures. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
Draw simple shapes for your child to colour in. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
Idioms:
the colour of someone's money
proof that a person has enough money to pay for something
He made a mental note never to enter into conversation with a customer until he'd at least seen the colour of his money.
Collocations:
add colour
Increasingly used in blends to add colour and flavour to cakes and muffins.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Kicks of warm colour were added by dusting bronzer on parts of the face cheekbones.
The Sun (2011)
In the winter citrus fruit from the northern hemisphere is at its best, adding colour, vitamins and energy to the kitchen.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Salad leaves add colour and texture and many newly popular flowers are also long-lasting cut flowers.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
You can easily add colour in the front and back gardens at any time of year with pots and planters - far less bland than hedges.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
adjust the colour
And once you've stopped trying to adjust the colour control on your set to tone down the orange and located the volume decrease button, you'll be glad about it - honest.
The Sun
Also, check out apps that automatically adjust the colour of your screen from blue to the more body-clock-friendly apricot hues as evening advances.
Times, Sunday Times
Simple tools help you straighten wonky snaps, crop them, adjust their colour balance and exposure, and add frames, text and fancy retro effects.
Times, Sunday Times
Software adjusts the colours and contrast of photos.
Times, Sunday Times
alter the colour
Observing a bright green image leaves a red image imprinted on your vision - so what you see beforehand could alter the colour.
Times, Sunday Times
These cephalopods use specialised skin cells called chromatophores to alter their colour.
Times, Sunday Times
Carrot extracts are used by poultry producers to improve animal skin and alter the colour of egg yolk.
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It's probably the natural redness of your mouth altering the colour.
The Sun
apply colour
Then more layers of semipermanent colour are applied in slightly different warm shades.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
You simply apply the colour straight to the nail and then finish with the special top coat.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Using a hard edge to apply the colour allows a hint of bronzer to shine through.
The Sun (2013)
Take random sections from the bottom layer of your hair and apply the colour in streaks or just at the tips.
The Sun (2013)
beautiful colour
It's also a really beautiful colour, suitable for even the palest of skin tones.
Times, Sunday Times
Beautiful colour plates show some of the famous texts.
The Times Literary Supplement
You'll also want a more fashion-forward oversized bag in a beautiful colour.
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It's a beautiful outfit in a beautiful colour.
The Sun
Now that the nicotine layer has been scraped away the restorers are recovering the beautiful colours beneath.
Times, Sunday Times
change colour
Perfect for glam snow bunnies, its graphics also change colour, depending on the temperature.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The two tall willows, the crack willow and the white willow, are beginning to change colour.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The rillettes will change colour and turn opaque white from the emulsified fat.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There is evidence that it is changing colour again into an imprecise and ironic boo-word.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They change colour and alter the mood.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
colour depth
By adding colour depth, your lips will look less garish and more grown-up glam.
The Sun
It also increases the perceived colour depth over 24 bits per pixel.
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The touchscreen displays 262,114 colours (18-bit colour depth) with a resolution of 240x320 pixels.
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This allows these operating systems to play the game, without altering the colour depth options.
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The touchscreen displays 262,144 colours (18-bit colour depth) with a resolution of 240x320 pixels at 2.6 inches long in diagonal.
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colour display
This activates a tiny colour display hovering above and to the right of your line of sight.
Times, Sunday Times
The new crop of ereaders has touchscreens, illumination and, if you opt for a tablet version, a colour display and multimedia treats.
Times, Sunday Times
Enjoy the fantastic colour displays of autumn minus the hard work.
Times, Sunday Times
We moved here in 2002 and got much better colour displays.
Times, Sunday Times
Lower-priced models look like a regular remote control, but the more exotic units have colour displays and touch-sensitive screens.
Times, Sunday Times
colour fades
The leaf colour fades as spring progresses so that by the middle of summer they are a rich, deep green.
Times, Sunday Times
But if the product separates into layers or the colour fades, it's time to buy a new one.
The Sun
Reheats perfectly but the colour fades.
Times, Sunday Times
Avoid washing your hair every day and take note that the warmer the water, the faster your hair colour fades.
Times, Sunday Times
The colour fades up to 60% in the first couple of weeks, day two being the darkest point, with the full healing process taking 25 to 30 days.
Times, Sunday Times
colour intensity
Lower winter temperatures enhance the colour intensity.
Bloom, Adrian Winter Garden Glory (1993)
Defatting and concentration improved its antiaging activity and lowered the colour intensity.
Tinotenda Shoko, Vinesh J. Maharaj, Dashnie Naidoo, Malefa Tselanyane, Rudzani Nthambeleni, Eric Khorombi, Zeno Apostolides 2018, 'Anti-aging potential of extracts from Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst and its chemical profiling by UPLC-Q-TOF-MS', BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
This is basically opaque coloured glass that has the colour intensity and riddled-with-bubbles rawness of hard candy.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
colour palette
Although their shape is simplicity itself, there's nothing bashful about the colour palette.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It includes a 22- colour palette, brushes, applicators and a colour chart.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The colour palette changes from subdued earth tones to aggressive, acid yellows.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There are hints of art deco design paired with a neutral colour palette in dark and light contrasts.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Give your working wardrobe a style overhaul with this season's colour palette of pastel pinks, deep berries and cobalt blues.
The Sun (2013)
colour pattern
Scientists have mapped out the full colour pattern for a feathered dinosaur for the first time.
Times, Sunday Times
He studies the striking colour pattern and blows his lips twice.
Times, Sunday Times
Petals of different species of plants vary greatly in colour or colour pattern, both in visible light and in ultraviolet.
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This colour pattern corresponds to flows radiating out from a central vent, cooling as the lava travels away from it.
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Its name refers to its striking colour pattern with brownish back and yellowish dorsum.
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colour pigment
Grey hairs occur when the cells that produce the hair colour pigment get damaged or die.
The Sun
They have albinism - a genetic condition which means they have no colour pigment in their skin and underdeveloped eyes.
The Sun
The satin-smooth colour pigments in this face powder leave a fresh, radiant finish when buffed into skin.
Times, Sunday Times
Nail brands are also developing nail illuminators that use colour pigments to highlight the plane of the nail just as you would the face.
Times, Sunday Times
Containing your standard colour pigments to cover and conceal, they're also packed with various active ingredients to address specific skin concerns - from age spots to dehydration.
The Sun
colour preference
Enter soil and sun conditions and colour preference, and it will suggest plants that fit your criteria, with photos and descriptions.
Times, Sunday Times
Rhubarb should also appeal to her colour preference, though it's challengingly sour.
Times, Sunday Times
But no team should be at the whim of the colour preferences of a man who knows nothing of the club's heritage.
Times, Sunday Times
colour print
He later said that had he seen a colour print of the painting he would never have written it.
Times, Sunday Times
Print quality was fine, and draft text looked good enough for business letters, while colour prints and photos were bright and clear.
Times, Sunday Times
They were cheaply made volumes with attractive colour print covers, designed to be kept in the pocket of saddlebags.
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A full colour print, it lists attractions, activities and ideas of what to do and where to go.
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Painted in 1992; medium: colour print; measurements: 14 7/8 in. x 12 in. (379 mm x 305 mm).
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colour printing
I went for colour printing, but that didn't work.
Times, Sunday Times
As colour printing became more affordable its powerful appeal to readers and advertisers brought into being a new creative elite, the art directors.
Times, Sunday Times
How was colour printing developed?
The Times Literary Supplement
Colour printing has made them miniature works of art, as countries are lit up with pastel shades to distinguish areas of control.
Times, Sunday Times
Colour printing was expensive and difficult.
Times, Sunday Times
colour reproduction
Make sure it doesn't curl on exit and that printouts do not flake or streak, and check the colour reproduction.
Times, Sunday Times
Stills and video were good, with fast focusing and accurate colour reproduction.
Times, Sunday Times
Colour reproduction was fine-tuned so that they are not just correct but also appear pleasing to the human eye.
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Although the cassette could be duplicated, a copy of the card was also needed and at the time, home colour reproduction was hard to do.
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The main attractions are the documentary photographs and colour reproductions, almost all of breathtaking quality.
Times, Sunday Times
colour spectrum
So your risk of a hangover increases as you move along the colour spectrum from vodka to red wine and brandy.
The Sun (2013)
The colour spectrum of make-up bases has also improved enormously.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Additionally, plants with blue-reflecting fruits are less odiferous than plants that reflect primarily in other regions of the colour spectrum.
Kim Valenta, Kevin A. Brown, Amanda D. Melin, Spencer K. Monckton, Sarah A. Styler, Derek A. Jackson, Colin A. Chapman 2015, 'It's Not Easy Being Blue: Are There Olfactory and Visual Trade-Offs in Plant Signalling?', PLOS ONE
colour variation
Perhaps you've noticed a normal colour variation in your eyes.
The Sun
It now allows a wider range of sizes for courgettes and iceberg lettuces, and more colour variation in red grapes.
Times, Sunday Times
There can also be significant colour variation among different populations within each individual species.
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The mostly subtle colour variations represent glimpses of clouds at different layers, or of differing compositions.
Times, Sunday Times
cool colour
Upstairs the rooms have been modernised with a cool colour palette that refuses to distract from those sea views, and terraces cantilevered over the water in frontfacing rooms.
Times,Sunday Times
The 20-piece range includes subtle prints and a cool colour palate.
The Sun
In cool colours, with medium leg height, its racer-back design gives flexibility while flatlock seams help reduce rubbing.
The Sun
This comes in six cool colours, including mint, navy and a greatlooking orange.
The Sun
It comes in lots of cool colours and several sizes too.
The Sun
dark colour
Its dark colour comes from the caramelisation of starch in the rye grain during the long, slow baking process.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Apply the dark colour underneath your cheekbones and the paler highlighter on top.
The Sun (2016)
delicate colour
I loved the chastity of the high bib-style neck, as well as the delicate colour.
Times, Sunday Times
The change of season comes when the delicate colours, scents and fragile growth of spring give way to more robust, fulsome ingredients.
Times, Sunday Times
I like the patterns and delicate colours; they look like mini-ammonites.
Times, Sunday Times
Memory shines 'in delicate colours, like bits of shattered rainbow'.
Times, Sunday Times
A sculptural butcher's-block kitchen island warms up the living space no end, and the bedrooms are accented in delicate colours that save it from feeling like a gallery.
Times, Sunday Times
different colour
Why not buy or beg some different colour forms?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Take a different colour varnish and paint over the exposed tip.
The Sun (2015)
dull colour
It's free of silicones, which can build up on the hair and dull colour and shine, and it will calm the scalp after colouring appointments.
Times,Sunday Times
The prints are slightly fuzzy, with dull colours and lacklustre contrast, and they're slow to emerge.
Times, Sunday Times
The same dull colour green above and below the leaf.
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Most of the population dresses in those safely dull colours most of the time.
Times, Sunday Times
favourite colour
All that light also allowed her really to go to town with her favourite colour: grey, grey and more grey.
Times, Sunday Times
In a parlour game, his favourite colour was fierce new-made magenta and favourite food an inedible dish of pilchard, mutton, garlic and treacle.
The Times Literary Supplement
When asked by strangers to name your favourite colour, you get the answer wrong.
Times, Sunday Times
I was wearing a green shirt and that's not normally their favourite colour but it was this time.
The Sun
For the final round, he will wear his favourite colour, bright orange, from head to toe.
Times, Sunday Times
flash of colour
But hold on, there in the distance the beam catches a lurid flash of colour.
Times, Sunday Times
The flash of colour dripping through the fibres at the hem indicates an arty, intellectual subplot.
Times, Sunday Times
And for a flash of colour with these pinks?
Times,Sunday Times
The flash of colour among all the grey.
Times, Sunday Times
Place your bow so that it's peeking out through a plain shirt-dress for a flash of colour.
Times, Sunday Times
food colour
Roll up your sleeves, unearth your blood-red food colouring and let the games commence...
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We rootle in the cupboard and find green and red food colouring.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Why not add some food colouring for fun?
The Sun (2015)
Pour a teaspoon of green food colouring into four glasses and stir.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is not a permitted food colouring and is commonly used in the sewage industry.
The Sun (2014)
golden colour
Place the pan over a medium heat until the butter melts and the sugar turns a light golden colour.
Times, Sunday Times
When it begins to sizzle, add the onion and cook over a moderate heat, stirring often, until caramelised to a good, deep golden colour.
Times, Sunday Times
The finished frittata should be nice and firm and a light golden colour on top.
The Sun
Heat the oil in a frying pan and then fry the cakes for a few minutes until they turn a nice golden colour.
The Sun
Once soft and a nice golden colour, add the kale and cook until it has wilted.
The Sun
hint of colour
Subtle hint of colour or full-on fuchsia?
The Sun (2013)
Just a hint of colour on your cheeks.
The Sun (2014)
With a fair complexion such as yours, you need only the faintest hint of colour in a pencil.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The dark raspberry shade gives a sheer gloss with a hint of colour that suits most skin tones.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Others are barely there, the merest hint of colour in a sheer, veil-like base.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
intense colour
The intense colour of the coral is breathtaking.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
On a dull, autumnal day there are few plants with intense colour to cut through the seasonal earthy tones.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Winter squashes develop a hard skin, often of intense colour.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
layer of colour
Then add focal flowers and the first layer of colour: berries, thistles, rosehips and so on.
Times, Sunday Times
Blood oranges, if you can get them, would add another layer of colour.
Times, Sunday Times
Apply your first layer of colour with a lip brush, and then add a second straight from your lipstick.
The Sun
Keep your lippy in place by applying a layer of colour, blotting away any excess with a tissue, and then applying a final layer.
The Sun
Apply one more layer of colour over the top.
The Sun
leaf colour
Standards for flavour characteristics and leaf colour, size and shape are recognised industry-wide.
Times, Sunday Times
Choose varieties with contrasting shape and leaf colour for maximum year-round effect.
The Sun
With perfect blossom, glossy fruits and good autumn leaf colour, it more than lives up to its name.
Times, Sunday Times
The leaf colour fades as spring progresses so that by the middle of summer they are a rich, deep green.
Times, Sunday Times
All five trees have lovely autumn leaf colour, hawthorn and mountain ash also have colourful berries for the birds.
The Sun
lip colour
Unless you abstain from drinking fizz all day, it's inevitable your lip colour will lose its vibrancy.
The Sun (2015)
This gives your lippy something to hold on to and stops your natural lip colour peeking through.
The Sun (2013)
You can also dab a tiny amount of loose powder over the lips then repeat step two - this should ensure your lip colour lasts.
The Sun (2008)
Use it alone or to add glitz to any lip colour.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Matching your lip colour to your nail polish has always equalled glamour for me.
The Sun (2014)
match a colour
Rooms range from simple twins to chic doubles and there are quirky touches such as mannequins that match the colour scheme.
Times, Sunday Times
Specialised pigments and muscles allow it to match the colour and texture of its environment.
Times, Sunday Times
If the units are sound, you can add new doors in an up-to-date glosseffect finish or stylish wood, painted to match your colour scheme.
Times, Sunday Times
That shouldn't affect you, though, and most reputable bodyshops will match the colour without difficulty.
Times, Sunday Times
You could also get fruity and fill vases with fruits that match your colour scheme - peaches, apples, pears, lemons and limes all work a treat.
The Sun
natural colour
The natural colour of bamboo can deepen to a dark caramel tone.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
neutral colour
Invest in a neutral colour and look for extra support if you have a larger chest.
The Sun (2016)
Choose a neutral colour that will become a wardrobe staple.
The Sun (2016)
The neutral colours in this palette suit all skin tones and blend easily to contour the brow and colour lids.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The finishing touch to a neutral colour palette.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
paint colour
The day you advise me about anything other than paint colour will not come.
The Sun
All items are available in a range of hand finishes and in any paint colour.
Times, Sunday Times
It isn't exactly an evergreen — more an advertisement for every paint colour except the tasteful pastel shades.
Times, Sunday Times
Yes, if you get too bold with the paint colour.
Times, Sunday Times
Behind was a cloudless blue sky that should have had a paint colour named after it.
Times, Sunday Times
pale colour
Increase to medium, whisk three minutes until mixture is a pale colour.
The Sun (2016)
His eyes were closed and his face a sickly pale colour.
The Sun (2014)
pastel colour
I loved the cool, bright pastel colours of the buildings, another spirit-raiser against slate skies.
Times, Sunday Times
With soft-toned trombones dominating the ensemble, the pastel colours eventually grew muddy.
Times, Sunday Times
In fact, we've been so keen on them, we've included them in our fashion week goodie bags in our seasonal pastel colours.
Times, Sunday Times
I see there was a press release going on about pastel colours.
Times, Sunday Times
It has pastel colours, four-poster beds and scrubbed wooden floors.
Times, Sunday Times
pretty colour
It gives an intense, pretty colour and good coverage.
The Sun
It's a pretty colour that lifts the spirits, it makes you smile.
Times, Sunday Times
Look for creamy liners that dry quickly, leaving them smudgeproof, to add a pop of pretty colour.
The Sun
More than just a pretty colour then!
The Sun
Radishes are good; they come up quickly and in pretty colours.
Times, Sunday Times
pure colour
Some are saturated with pure colour; others are tinted or streaked.
Times, Sunday Times
For engagement rings, pearls were the most popular, given their pure colour and the symbolism of their creation.
Times, Sunday Times
Over the course of the film, we see him working on a room-sized frieze of flickering brush marks - a kind of symphony of pure colour.
The Times Literary Supplement
He never deviated from the basic elements - line, circle, square, rectangle, triangle - and a limited palette of pure colour.
The Times Literary Supplement
As a plantsman, he looked for bold form, pure colour and elegant structure.
Times, Sunday Times
saturated colour
He adopted the dramatic gestural brushwork, the saturated colour fields and the heroic scale.
Times, Sunday Times
We live, after all, in an age of saturated colour.
Times, Sunday Times
The offbeat subject matter, peculiar saturated colour and unconventional compositions possessed of an eerie anomic emptiness and dramatised by theatrical contrasts of dark and light are unsettling.
Times, Sunday Times
Use saturated colour, not dark but rich.
Globe and Mail
Rooms are in saturated colours — peony red, dusky blue, yellow ochre — with hand-drawn murals.
Times, Sunday Times
soft colour
It needs a lot of upkeep, but good-quality suede delivers lovely, soft colour.
Times, Sunday Times
The soft colour also slots neatly into the summer trend for soft, putty shades.
Times, Sunday Times
The soft colour and silky, tactile finish result from a 3mm resin-cement coating.
Times, Sunday Times
You can add a splash of soft colour in the blinds and accessories.
The Sun
Even with a soft colour you need to outline the lips to get a nice shape.
The Sun
solid colour
Avoid one solid colour, a smooth long-haired texture, or a symmetrical shape.
Times, Sunday Times
You can't dye a patterned rug into one solid colour, as the existing colours will each react differently to the dye.
Times, Sunday Times
Pinned like sepia specimens on a background of solid colour, hard lines and fierce angles, they seem drained of individuality.
The Times Literary Supplement
You don't want a solid colour, so dab rather than paint.
Times, Sunday Times
He then moved on to drawing faces using four or five colours and blending them; giving the illusion from a distance of being one solid colour.
Times, Sunday Times
splash of colour
A pair of shorts in a brushed cotton or linen is ideal (and a good place to try a splash of colour).
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This spring a splash of colour will add oomph to your knicker drawer.
The Sun (2015)
We're that splash of colour in a dull world of grey.
The Sun (2016)
They add a splash of colour to more formal table settings, too.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They will reward you with a strong splash of colour in the house in the depths of the winter.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
subtle colour
The bedrooms are simple, with subtle colour schemes and beds draped with floaty fabrics.
Times, Sunday Times
In a subtle colour palette, with a good depth of pigment, it's pitched to resemble a certain premium paint brand in all but price.
Times, Sunday Times
You need subtle colour for cheeks, to give a glow rather than harsh bright lines.
The Sun
I do a subtle colour for him that reduces his grey by 25-50 per cent.
The Sun
They are a great way of giving subtle colour and shine without damage.
The Sun
touch of colour
Put a touch of colour into your face by using a light lip and cheek stain.
The Sun
A touch of colour will liven anyone up.
Times, Sunday Times
Family flowers only and please wear a touch of colour.
Times,Sunday Times
The champions had looked more fearsome than ever before kick-off, dressed in black down to every player's boots, which had not a touch of colour.
Times, Sunday Times
The mostly bare walls make the rooms feel cold, and the odd touch of colour, such as a purple bedspread, almost looks out of place.
Times, Sunday Times
unusual colour
Real-world visitors are occasionally summoned by otherworld denizens of striking aspect: of miniature size, or unusual colour.
The Times Literary Supplement (2016)
The albino seal pup's highly unusual colour meant the rest of the pod rejected him.
The Sun (2011)
vibrant colour
Inevitably, not every consumer wants an orange phone case, so the company has had to sacrifice its commitment to the vibrant colour of its putty.
Times, Sunday Times
So use splashes of clean and vibrant colour, such as lime, in the accessories and accents.
The Sun
It's strange, they watch it as if they are in some sort of trance, the vibrant colour, the acrobatics, the flying over the audience.
The Sun
Bleaching occurs when overheated corals expel algae known as zooxanthellae, which provide much of their energy and vibrant colour.
Times,Sunday Times
Self-seeding should ensure plenty of vibrant colour in subsequent years.
Times, Sunday Times
vivid colour
Large concentrations of habitation and industry emerge in vivid colour.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Some of the most creative new floor coverings, combining vivid colour and bold pattern, are in vinyl.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The cooking is expressive, full of vivid colour, contrasting textures and both visual and verbal puns.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
warm colour
To make your hallway more inviting, paint your walls in a warm colour, and avoid any pattern on the floor and walls.
Times, Sunday Times
Look out for a warm colour palette full of deep red, forest green and mustard hues, and bold prints.
The Sun
Kicks of warm colour were added by dusting bronzer on parts of the face cheekbones.
The Sun
The 11 apartments spread over three former palaces are tastefully decorated, with metal-framed beds, warm colour schemes, and antique furniture.
Times, Sunday Times
Get a caffeine kick out of the warm colour palette that will work on any skin tone, and mix in flashes of sky blue to lift the look.
The Sun
wash of colour
Apply a thin layer for a wash of colour, then follow with a glossy top coat — a glow feels more modern than a block colour.
Times, Sunday Times
Part balm and part lippy, it gives a wash of colour, rather than delivering a pigment hit that needs precision application.
Times, Sunday Times
Keep the rest of the look light, too - you want something that gives a wash of colour.
Times, Sunday Times
This bronze-esque wash of colour will make eyes twinkle and works with all peeper hues.
The Sun
Start by priming the lips with concealer or foundation ready to apply a gold wash of colour.
The Sun
wear a colour
And, despite popular myth, you redheads can wear the colour, too.
Times, Sunday Times
Family flowers only, but do wear some colour/flowers.
Times,Sunday Times
Everybody loves wearing the colours of their football and rugby teams.
The Sun
They have even been told to avoid wearing the colours of their favourite football teams in case it causes offence.
The Sun
Some of us, however, still wear the colours of the old school.
Times, Sunday Times
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