dull-coloured

After all, a dull-coloured shell in muddy water does not exactly stand out.

Chrysemys picta - The Panda's Thumb 2010

As I looked at the deep-set windows and the long sweep of the dull-coloured, water-lapped front, I felt that no more fitting scene could be set for such a tragedy.

Chennai 2010

The hens are camouflaged and dull-coloured, each species in pretty much the same way.

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

The hens are camouflaged and dull-coloured, each species in pretty much the same way.

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

At from 7,000 to 8,000 feet elevation, I obtained one of almost lovely of the small Fruit pigeons (Ptilonopus roseicollis), whose entire head and neck are of an exquisite rosy pink colour, contrasting finely with its otherwise blue plumage; and on the very summit, feeding on the ground among the strawberries that have been planted there, I obtained a dull-coloured thrush, with the form and habits of a starling (Turdus fumidus).

The Malay Archipelago 2004

He was a helpless creature in sickness, not very handsome in a dull-coloured bath gown and his hair uncombed.

Sister Carrie 2004

The few dull-coloured birds cared no more for me than they did for the great tortoises.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

The death adder, the head of which I had fatally bruised just now, had been the only sign of life, and it had been as dull-coloured and almost as inert as the rock on which it lay — an emblem of death at home in this almost lifeless seclusion.

Tropic Days 2003

The few dull-coloured birds cared no more for me than they did for the great tortoises.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

The day was lead-coloured; the road had stone factories alongside of it, — grey, dull-coloured rows of stone cottages belonging to these factories, and then we came to poor, hungry-looking fields; — stone fences everywhere, and trees nowhere.

The Life of Charlotte Bronte 2002