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candy-coloured

candy-coloured adjective: having a colour reminiscent of candy, typically a muted pastel or bright fruit tone.

candy-coloured: having a colour reminiscent of candy, typically a muted pastel or bright fruit tone
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Adjective

candy-coloured (comparative more candy-coloured, superlative most candy-coloured)

  1. Having a colour reminiscent of candy, typically a muted pastel or bright fruit tone.
    • Trawl your local Chinatown in search of candy-coloured paper shades like this one.2003, Emily Chalmers, Cheap Chic: Affordable Ideas for a Relaxed Home, page 64
    • […] and lilacs create a candy-coloured kaleidoscope, and, in addition to florals, there are hand-embroidered cushion covers, ginghams […]2013, Selina Lake, Pretty Pastel Style: Decorating Interiors with Pastel Shades, page 47

Forms of candy-coloured

comparativemore candy-coloured
superlativemost candy-coloured
alternative formcandy-colored

Questions about candy-coloured

What does candy-coloured mean?
Candy-coloured means having a colour reminiscent of candy, typically a muted pastel or bright fruit tone.
What part of speech is candy-coloured?
Candy-coloured is an adjective.

Words near candy-coloured in the dictionary

  1. candy-asses
  2. candy-coat
  3. candy-coated
  4. candy-coating
  5. candy-coats
  6. candy-coloured
  7. candy-gram
  8. candy-grams
  9. candy-man
  10. candy-men
  11. candy-striped

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