true colors
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“You start to think it can’t get any worse. But no. They show their true colors every single time.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
But just as Rubio revealed his true colors on his first stop after Munich, AOC made what could turn out to be her most enduring impression after the conference as well.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2026
Instead, the textures were perceived to be the true colors of the object's surface.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024
You perceive Hale’s true colors immediately through those associations, just as you can see Ernest’s venality through DiCaprio’s immediately recognizable brand of boyish corruptibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
Griff would be glad to go back to his own true colors too, though his once red hair had gone to grey.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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