The phrase "as in the color of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to clarify or specify something by providing an example related to color.
Example: "The walls were painted a soft blue, as in the color of a clear summer sky."
Alternatives: "like the color of" or "similar to the color of".
Then again, the work of the artist under consideration can be repurposed as a source of inspiration, as in "The Color of Pomegranates" or Paul Schrader's "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters" (1985), which cuts back and forth between the hours leading up to the Mishima's ritual suicide and lushly dramatized excerpts from three of his novels.
Paul L. Underwood The box: to the season's red and green add orange, as in the color of Hermès's container, which symbolizes more than 160 years of luxury.
I mean "street" both literally, as in the color of the paving stones and the font of the signage and the shape of the sidewalk, and figuratively, as in the multitudes that pass by, the movers and shakers, the loiterers and bystanders, the beggars and mimes.
Gray, as in, the color of newsprint.
My own white great-grandparent is as inconsequential as the color of my palms in terms of my status as a black person in the United States.
Typography was modified as well as the color of the images in student's workbook and facilitator's; special effects of the videos were increased; the narration of the radio spots was improved and common words and phrases were included.
From there, Newman suddenly moved up a generation, overtly defining himself as older in The Color Of Money, handing on the mantle to a younger man.
In order to print in full color as well, the color of the painting has to be captured.
As in hair the color of like a red crayon.
He won his Oscar, after many nominations, for his second appearance as 'Fast' Eddie Felson in The Color of Money, the sequel to the The Hustler.
Newman earned five Academy Award nominations after that, including his Oscar win as best actor in The Color of Money.
