Anything too orange is bad news, while a true brown can look ashy on dark women and downright grubby on pale ones.
When one takes up this most external standpoint and views one's finite and even downright puny impact on the world, little of one's life appears to matter.
Leading conservatives fought furiously against his nomination: they regarded him as squishy on abortion and downright wrong on gay marriage.
A number of explanations have been proposed for the great boom and bust, most of which focus on greed, overconfidence, and downright stupidity on the part of mortgage lenders, investment bankers, and Wall Street C.E.O.s.
With temperatures peaking in the mid-70s in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, it was downright cool on the red carpet at the Emmy Awards.
There is nothing more unsightly than a great wobbly wedge of belly fat falling over your belt line for all the world to mock--it's bad enough on a teenager, but downright frightful on anyone over 40.
People like them because they increasingly seem like minivans on the inside while looking downright unstoppable on the outside.
In the absence of strong, clearly defined dramatic action James's leisurely plots can feel frustratingly irresolute, and the characters' many scruples and hesitancies, so evocative on the page, can become downright puzzling on the screen.
Mr Johnston said he made "huge" efforts to make their relationship work, saying he "compromised on everything I got a downright refusal on" for more than five months.
Rob Manfred, Major League Baseball's chief labor lawyer, emerged from yesterday's bargaining session sounding downright positive on the issue of revenue sharing, one of the thorniest issues impeding an easy agreement.
