colours clash
Frequency: 5.02.5 per million words
When two colours look unpleasant together.
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Examples (10)
- I can't wear this bright green shirt with these purple trousers because the colours clash horribly.
- The interior designer warned that the deep red walls and the orange sofa would make the colours in the room clash.
- You should be careful when pairing bold patterns, as their colours can easily clash.
- Do you think these two colours clash, or do they create an interesting contrast?
- Her outfit was memorable for all the wrong reasons; the colours simply clashed.
- That shade of yellow really clashes with the blue colour of the curtains.
- If the colours clash, the entire painting will look disharmonious.
- He has no sense of style and is famous for choosing colours that clash.
- We need to repaint the trim, otherwise the new wall colour will clash with the old one.
- The artist intentionally used colours that clash to create a feeling of tension.