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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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
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