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 Translation for 'coloured paper' from English to French
papier {m} de couleurcoloured paper [Br.]
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arts
tricolore {adj}
three-coloured [Br.]
arts
aubergine {adj}
aubergine-coloured [Br.]
multicolore {adj}multi-coloured [Br.]
paille {adj}straw-coloured [Br.]
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doré {adj} {past-p}
gold-coloured [Br.]
de couleur prune {adj} [postpos.]plum-coloured [Br.]
ambré {adj}amber-coloured [Br.]
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améthyste {adj}
amethyst-coloured [Br.]
safrané {adj}coloured with saffron
ethn.
personne {f} de couleur [masculine et féminine]
coloured person [Br.]
de couleur naturelle {adj}natural-coloured [Br.]
chair {adj}flesh-coloured [Br.]
aux couleurs criardes {adj}gaudily coloured [Br.]
multicolore {adj}many-coloured [Br.]
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plombé {adj} {past-p} [couleur]
lead-coloured [Br.]
mastic {adj}putty-coloured [Br.]
orn.T
merle {m} fauve [Turdus grayi]
clay-coloured thrush [Br.]
peuples {m.pl} de couleurcoloured peoples [Br.] [dated]
orn.T
étourneau {m} roselin [Pastor roseus, syn. : Sturnus roseus]
rose-coloured starling [Br.]
orn.T
courvite {m} isabelle [Cursorius cursor]
cream-coloured courser [Br.]
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Usage Examples English
  • The stamps were printed in black on coloured paper.
  • Yamashita used the "chigiri-e" method of sticking torn pieces of coloured paper together to depict the scenery he saw on his travels, and some of his most famous works such as "Nagaoka no hanabi" and "Sakurajima" were made in this way.
  • Poems were written on a background of either plain or decorated coloured paper, such as in the textural passages of the Genji scrolls The combination of texture and transparency results in a characteristic richness of colour.
  • He is shown making himself a necklace/chain of office from coloured paper clips, whilst reprimanding Judge Featherstone.
  • The box set consists of a sticker-sealed fold out box with five nesting boxes containing two 12" vinyl singles, a CD and a DVD in coloured paper sleeves.

  • The box set consists of a sticker-sealed fold out box with five nesting boxes containing two 12" vinyl singles, a CD and a DVD in coloured paper sleeves.
  • During Filipino Christmas, the "parol" (a traditional star-shaped lantern) is embellished with coloured paper cut into various forms such as floral designs on the faces, pom-pons and "tails" on the points of the star.
  • The set was one of New Zealand's first commemorative stamp issued, and also one of very few from the country to be printed on coloured paper.
  • It has been popular for centuries for drawing (where white chalk only works on coloured paper).
  • Seven figures, led by the Town Crier with his handbell, dressed in costumes made from strips of newsprint and coloured paper, perform their play several times along the high street.

  • They also become interested in arrangement and can produce simple collages of coloured paper, or place stones in patterns.
  • "Tattva cards" can be constructed by cutting the tattva symbols out of coloured paper or card, and pasting on to small cards of about 6 inches by 6 inches in size.
  • They then rode open cars through a cascade of multi-coloured paper and ticket tape through Toronto's business district to arrive at a civic reception at City Hall.
  • Another variant is single-coloured paper which is manufactured with a rougher surface on one side and a smoother surface on the other side.
  • The captured wren was tied to the wrenboy leader's staff, a net attached to a pitchfork or a holly bush, which was decorated with coloured paper and ribbons.

  • The burrokeet costume is a well-decorated donkey's head made from coloured paper and attached to a bamboo frame.
  • Further specialized uses of the term include chiaroscuro woodcut for coloured woodcuts printed with different blocks, each using a different coloured ink; and chiaroscuro drawing for drawings on coloured paper in a dark medium with white highlighting.
  • <blockquote>"For these 'mosaicks' are coloured paper representing not only conspicuous details but also contrasting colours or shades of the same colour so that every effect of light is caught".
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