Sentence examples for favoured colour from inspiring English sources

Last year, nude was the favoured colour at awards ceremonies.

When word spread to Britain of the sensational discovery of the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the 18th century, "Pompeiian red" became the favoured colour for smart dining-rooms – as it remains today.

Picture and text warnings become more credible and memorable, while plain, darker colours (which is why olive green as opposed to white is the favoured colour for plain packaging here and elsewhere) are more likely to be perceived as harmful, the research concluded.

Thames Ironworks, and later West Ham United, retained the claret yoke/blue sleeves design, but also continued to use their previously favoured colours for their away kits.

This is different for brown individuals on a green background and under the high radiant heat treatment, since for those individuals the combination of low density, high humidity, background mismatching and no need for improved heat absorption are all expected to favour colour morph switches towards green.

These findings suggest that a secondarily aquatic lifestyle (in contrast to a terrestrial lifestyle) favours colour-blindness.

He used British spelling ("favour," "colour," "grey," "modernised") and at one point described something as being "bloody hard".

He rarely favoured full-colour half tones, but would use three or four flat colours for a brilliant effect.

While Cape delegates favoured a colour-blind franchise, those from the Transvaal and Orange Free State demanded an exclusively white electorate.

(Indeed, these days it's difficult to find anybody who actually likes you). Oh, and you are a committed Euro-integrationist and liberal who favours the colour yellow.

1954 Australia The pintucked bodice and pleated chiffon skirt of this green dress – a colour favoured on this trip – worn in Melbourne are so classically elegant that the style would not look out of place at a formal occasion today.