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under- +‎ colour

Noun edit

undercolour (plural undercolours)

  1. A colour used as a base and then coloured over, as in watercolour painting.
  2. The colour of the underparts of a bird, rabbit, etc.

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Verb edit

undercolour (third-person singular simple present undercolours, present participle undercolouring, simple past and past participle undercoloured)

  1. (transitive) To colour insufficiently.