true colors

Idioms and Phrases

see under show one's true colors .

Example Sentences

In this episode of “Lie Witness News,” Jimmy Kimmel exposes their true colors.

From The Daily Beast

The Muslim Brotherhood is showing the world its true colors.

From The Daily Beast

This is not the first time Meretz has shown its true colors.

From The Daily Beast

Of course it is impossible to paint in true colors the events of those years.

From The Daily Beast

He really knows each of the characters, and he brings out their true colors.

From The Daily Beast

He was intensely sorry for her, forgetting how much he had disliked her that night when she had shown herself in her true colors.

From Project Gutenberg

The fair-weather commander is no great matter; it is when things go wrong that the best officer shows himself in his true colors.

From Project Gutenberg

When the fugitives reached Greenwich—Stukeley stood up and appeared in his true colors.

From Project Gutenberg

Age and experience may condemn it, but the weakness will continue to prevail in all until life shall appear in its true colors.

From Project Gutenberg

I am delighted that the joyous country life of New England is painted in its true colors for children.

From Project Gutenberg