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self-colored

[ self-kuhl-erd, self- ]

adjective

  1. of one color.
  2. of the natural color.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-colored1

First recorded in 1750–60

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Example Sentences

Very handsome self-colored bouquets can be arranged by giving a finish of the complementary shade.

We sometimes find lines on self-colored fruits that are as distinctive as the stripes, but entirely distinct from them.

The rooms were papered with a self-colored paper of pale blue.

The plain, self-colored rugs and curtains had a similar effect.

The evidence for the gametic interpretations of the self-colored fowl is derived from hybridizations.

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