Sentence examples for of contrasting colour from inspiring English sources

The stiff, glossy coat may occur in any colour, with or without patches of contrasting colour, and many dogs have some white on the head, throat, and chest.

On this core the body of the vessel was built up, usually of opaque blue glass, on which, in turn, were coiled threads of glass of contrasting colour.

Hosiery, while finding a natural home in winter as a delightful splash of contrasting colour or wide ribbing to keep you warm under your high-waisted trousers, can be a bane during the sunnier months.

Ring-necked snake (Diadophis punctatus), small terrestrial snake (family Colubridae), found widely in North America, that sports a ring or collar of contrasting colour around its neck or nape.

A fascination with varied techniques haunted Degas to the end, resurfacing in dramatic and occasionally bizarre late canvases that involved finger-painting, glazes of contrasting colour, and heavily impastoed surfaces.

Are the distinct patterns of expression of structural genes sufficient to explain the observed variation of contrasting colour phenotypes peculiar to each cultivar ?

The velvet ants have bodies clothed with long thick hair of contrasting colours, often black and red.

Outcomes included Argo, a long-fibred mohair that feels like sheepskin, and Noise, where the uneven nobbles of bouclé were reinterpreted through mad dashes of contrasting colours.

The 24 playing pieces are disk-shaped and of contrasting colours (whatever their colours, they are identified as black and white).

He proposed to put his dancers in simple draperies of contrasting colours, worn in such a manner as to reveal the figure in movement.

The effect was achieved either by combing slips of contrasting colours (i.e., mingling the slips after they had been put on the pot, by means of a comb) or by mingling differently coloured clays.