self-colored
Americanadjective
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of one color.
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of the natural color.
Etymology
Origin of self-colored
First recorded in 1750–60
Example Sentences
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The Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden were present, she wearing a gown of apricot pink crepe, with a skirt of self-colored lace.
From Time Magazine Archive
A Persian carpet of self-colored grayish blue, threw the gilt French chairs and the various figures sitting upon them into delicate relief.
From Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
And where the plain linoleum ended, but where the overlapping border covered the floor, the planks were sawn through and through down one side of the central and self-colored square.
From Stingaree by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
There is also a fine short-haired cat coming from Russia, usually self-colored.
From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Winslow, Helen M.
A grey, self-colored carpet covered the floor, and on one of the chests stood a miniature bronze copy of the Faun of Praxiteles.
From The Grey Room by Phillpotts, Eden
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