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
The black and white, yellow and white, blue and white, and in fact, any self-colored and white cat is a mixture of the other breeds.
From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Winslow, Helen M.
Very handsome self-colored bouquets can be arranged by giving a finish of the complementary shade.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
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.
Group II.—Rubri—Fruit red; having all the properties of the self-colored Reinettes; but on the side next the sun they are of a red color, with a mixture of russet.
From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.
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