self-colored

[ self-kuhl-erd, self- ]

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-colored¹

First recorded in 1750–60

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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