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
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Having all the properties of the self-colored Reinettes, but of a pure red on the side next the sun, without any mixture of russet.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
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 Helen M. Winslow
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 J. A. Warder
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 E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
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