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colour noun an Aboriginal Australian AUSTRALIA, 1995
colour in
colour in sth • colour sth in to fill a shape or picture with colour using coloured pencils or paints: The children were told to colour in the shapes they had drawn.+ with Sam had coloured the roofs in with a red crayon.
colour up
colour up if someone colours up, their face becomes red because they are embarrassed or angry: He stared at Mary, and she coloured up instantly. Seeing the huge crowd in front of her, she colored up with embarrassment.■ SIMILAR TO: blush
See:- (one's) true color(s)
- (one's) true colours
- a horse of another colour
- be off-color
- be sailing under false colors
- be sailing under false colours
- color of someone's money, see the
- come through (something) with flying colors
- dream in color
- dream in colour
- false colors
- give color to (something)
- horse of a different color
- horse of another color
- in glowing colors
- in glowing terms
- in glowing terms/colours
- lend color to (something)
- lend colour to
- lend colour to something
- man of color
- nail (one's) colours to the mast
- nail your colours to the mast
- off colour
- off-colour
- pass (something) with flying colours
- person of color
- reveal (one's) (true) colors
- riot of color(s)
- sail under false colors
- sail under false colours
- see the color of (one's) money
- see the colour of somebody's money
- see the colour of someone's money
- show (one) in (one's) true colors
- show (one's) (true) colours
- show your colours
- show your true colours
- the colour of someone's money
- under false colors
- with flying colors
- with flying colors, pass with
- with flying colours
- woman of color
- your, his, etc. true colours
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