protective coloring

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Wherever the future looked most troubled and unpredictable, President Roxas painted it over with a protective coloring of red, white and blue.

From Time Magazine Archive

In most places Coke has blended into the local scene as if the brown-green of its bottles and the fire-brigade red of its advertising were some kind of protective coloring.

From Time Magazine Archive

For youngsters, moreover, the protective coloring can have its uses.

From Time Magazine Archive

That requirement has been dropped, and the recruiters look for a young man who has, besides the necessary venality, some protective coloring.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the leaves and the protective coloring of most nests baffle them as effectually, no doubt as they do the professional o�logist.

From Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers by Burroughs, John