- a variation of self-colored.
self-coloured
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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
As I walked along the coast I saw five pretty large self-coloured greyish-brown seals sunning themselves on stones a short distance from land.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Alexander Leslie
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 Alexander Leslie
The flowers are both self-coloured as well as marbled, spotted, striped, margined, and fringed.
From The Garden, You, and I by Mabel Osgood Wright
For most books a self-coloured paper of good quality answers well for the paste-down sheets.
From Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians by Noel Rooke
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