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Meanings of wrong colour in English

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Usage of wrong colour in English
1
He was the wrong colour, true, but he seemed sane enough.
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
2
And the sky, now he was outside, looked the wrong colour.
Faerie Wars
3
If nature had given them the wrong colour, they corrected it with dye.
Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
4
The wrong colour, the wrong size, too intelligent for his school.
Underground: Hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic fr...
5
Some seemed to have dyed their hair completely the wrong colour.
The Neutronium Alchemist
6
Ribbands of the wrong colour will half kill a woman.
Daisy
7
I am quite alert to anything out of tune: the wrong colour, shape or proportion.
The Guardian
8
First of all, she was entirely the wrong colour.
Surface detail
9
The sheer devilry of wearing the wrong colour scrunchy.
The Guardian
10
He doubtless knew that the political views of that misguided official were of the wrong colour.
Ulster's Stand For Union
11
Authors with "suspicious" names or the wrong colour skin met with long delays at border crossings.
The Guardian
12
The hand was the wrong colour.
Blood harvest
13
Hillary never had a cab whiz past her and not pick her up because her skin was the wrong colour.
The Guardian
14
Bell revealed that Atul explained how he felt he was blocked from doing business "because he was the wrong colour".
The South African
15
Simmonds, who was born in Walsall but competes for Swansea, forecast a medal on Sunday night but she predicted the wrong colour.
The Guardian
16
The light shining on the vertical surface immediately in front of his eyes was the wrong colour-andit was much too bright.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
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