oddly coloured
Frequency: 4.81.9 per million words
having a strange or unusual colour
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Examples (20)
- The water from the tap was oddly coloured, so we decided not to drink it.
- The fish had oddly coloured scales.
- He found an oddly coloured stone on the beach, a swirl of purple and green.
- She wore an oddly coloured hat to the party.
- The artist used an oddly coloured paint to create a sense of unease in the portrait.
- The sky turned oddly coloured before the storm.
- After the chemical spill, the river became an oddly coloured shade of orange.
- He painted the walls an oddly coloured shade of green.
- Her bruise was oddly coloured, shifting from yellow to a strange grey.
- We found an oddly coloured flower in the garden.
- The sky at sunset was oddly coloured with streaks of pink and sickly yellow.
- The abstract painting featured oddly coloured shapes.
- In the fantasy novel, the hero drinks an oddly coloured potion to gain magical powers.
- Its leaves were oddly coloured, almost purple.
- This mushroom is oddly coloured; it might be poisonous.
- The artist preferred working with oddly coloured pigments.
- The baker was concerned because the cake batter had turned an oddly coloured grey.
- Her new dress was oddly coloured, a mix of orange and blue.
- The fabric was oddly coloured after a mistake in the dyeing process.
- The bird's feathers were oddly coloured, making it stand out.