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 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
We sometimes find lines on self-colored fruits that are as distinctive as the stripes, but entirely distinct from them.
From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.
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.
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.
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