give color to
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Mr. Sharkey began working as a photographer at the family business when he was 16, and his firsthand accounts of the appointments give color to these mostly black-and-white portraits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
It was one of those denials that give color to a suspicion which need not exist.
From Time Magazine Archive
Three of the ingredients are pigments, which give color to the skin when the cream goes on.
From Time Magazine Archive
And to give color to his explanation, put "Acting", before some of the new administrators titles, implying that they might be removed if better men be found.
From Time Magazine Archive
She denounced it as a “hodgepodge of plagiarism pulled from here, a bit from there, the whole misinterpreted and sensationalized to give color to the red-flag word SPIES.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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