self-coloured
Britishadjective
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having only a single and uniform colour
self-coloured flowers
a self-coloured dress
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having the natural or original colour
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retaining the colour of the thread before weaving
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Example Sentences
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A Persian carpet, of a self-coloured grayish blue, threw the gilt French chairs and the various figures sitting upon them into delicate relief.
From Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
The pattern is produced solely in the warp, the woof threads are self-coloured and are not visible in the fabric, which is therefore a cotton rep.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
The flowers are both self-coloured as well as marbled, spotted, striped, margined, and fringed.
From The Garden, You, and I by Wright, Mabel Osgood
So they prattled on trippingly, eagerly discussing and appraising different fine fabrics—striped taffeta, self-coloured china silk, muslin, gauze, nankeen.
From The Gods are Athirst by Jackson, Emilie
All that we can say is that the poorer classes were clothed principally in self-coloured garments, and that the dyes used for the clothes of the nobles were of very brilliant hues.
From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton
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