protective coloring
Example Sentences
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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
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
Only alternative is the neo-Darwinist conclusion that the insects which happen to have the most protective coloring will live longest and pass on their advantages to large numbers of offspring.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Erasing the name of "Green & Co.," presented greater difficulties, but it was accomplished with as little loss of the protective coloring on the surface of the check as possible.
From Constance Dunlap by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
