Sentence examples for local colouring from inspiring English sources

Thus, learning and culture arose in the domains, accompanied by a growth of scholarship with local colouring.

The decline of literary Czech in the early 18th century, however, generated an increase of local colouring in devotional texts in Slovakia.

Avoiding the crowded compositions and strong local colouring of the Mannerist tradition, he concentrated on the monochrome "breakfast piece," the depiction of a simple meal set near the corner of a table.

So much for clarity and local colour.

The rest of the letter is awash with local colour.

But such local colour can easily shade over into sentimentality.

As we rode on, we took in the local colour.

Her account, packed with local colour, helps readers smell the sweat on the shop floor.

Illica even traveled to Nagasaki to investigate local colour, while Puccini set about researching Japanese music.

Chopin's work has been categorized within the "local colour" genre.

And sometimes the director just wants us to sit back and admire the local colour.