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candy-coloured en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Having a colour reminiscent of candy, typically a muted pastel or bright fruit tone.
    • The clothes were delightfully candy-coloured, with generous doses of teal and raspberry that look renewed when rendered in the timeless textile. 2022 September 14, “The Collections”, in Harper’s Bazaar Singapore, page 57:
    • 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:

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most candy-coloured Degree=Sup lexicographic
more candy-coloured Degree=Cmp lexicographic
candy-colored alternative lexicographic