undercolour
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undercolour (plural undercolours)
- A colour used as a base and then coloured over, as in watercolour painting.
- The colour of the underparts of a bird, rabbit, etc.
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undercolour (third-person singular simple present undercolours, present participle undercolouring, simple past and past participle undercoloured)
- (transitive) To colour insufficiently.