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self-coloured

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adjective

  1. having only a single and uniform colour

    self-coloured flowers

    a self-coloured dress

    1. having the natural or original colour

    2. retaining the colour of the thread before weaving

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It was a plain, self-coloured paper, but we were rather attached to it, and didn't like the idea of a change.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 15, 1917 by Various

The colour varies much, ranging according to the strains, from black-and-white through orange-and-white and liver-and-white to pure white, whilst black, white, liver, and red or yellow self-coloured setters are common.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various

Each flower is self-coloured, and may represent a group of animals.

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)

As is well known, we know only two varieties of colour in this bird, a self-coloured brown, and a brown on the upper part of the body with white below.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882

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