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• a variation of self-colored.

self-coloured

British  

adjective

1. having only a single and uniform colour

   self-coloured flowers

   a self-coloured dress

2. 1. having the natural or original colour

   2. retaining the colour of the thread before weaving

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self-coloured

I can buy a self-coloured paper for next to nothing—a pretty soft blue, I think, to make a good background for the pictures—and hang it myself, to save the expense of the workman.”

From The Daughters of a Genius by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

A Persian carpet, of a self-coloured grayish blue, threw the gilt French chairs and the various figures sitting upon them into delicate relief.

From Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

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

The self-coloured varieties are also grown for use as dry Haricots, in which case the pods should not be removed until perfectly ripe.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons

The former is used when the cloth or yarn is to be dyed plain or self-coloured with delicate shades with Alizarine; the latter is used for cloth sold in the white.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin