We were on a quest for foliage -- any decent foliage since this year has been rather lackluster in color.
I wanted to hold a conference bringing leaders together from different environmental organizations that have been doing the same thing over and over to engage people of color with the same lackluster result.
While Sony was busy whining about the production woes and the dubiously "high demand" of its lackluster PRS-500, Fujitsu went and made color e-ink.
A 2014 report criticized "lackluster" attempts by green groups to attract people of color, finding that no group or environmental agency had broken the 16% "green ceiling" in terms of minority representation.
But even its boosters admit to a lackluster quality here, a blandness in place of charm and color, a silence where applause and laughter should enliven the night.
The dramatic contrast between the lackluster outcome of the French auction that dealt with Japanese color prints and the hugely successful American auction devoted to Chinese art in part mirrors the changing power balance between the two great cultures of the Far East.
Color launched in May 2011 and was met with lackluster fanfare.
Yes, Color may have a history of turmoil and very lackluster performance when it comes to attracting a user base, but it still holds those patents and a handful of talented engineers.
Mr. Kissin played with a range of colors and a sensitive touch, but over all the rendition seemed lackluster, missing a necessary spark.
It is a lackluster festival, said a media critic, Gianluca Nicoletti, "with no depth, no color".
Another top newspaper, The Herald Sun, said "King Kong" was "an eye-popping spectacle designed to appeal to 21st-century audiences that demand relentless action, color and movement in their entertainment," but found fault with "lackluster dialogue" and some stage action laden with special effects that were "overwrought, busy and dizzying".
