Which preposition to use with coloured

of Occurrences 934%

The whole of Africa, indeed, was of a lighter hue than either Asia or Europe, owing, I presume, to its having a greater proportion of sandy soil: and I could not avoid contrasting, in my mind, the colour of these continents, as they now appeared, with the complexions of their respective inhabitants.

in Occurrences 248%

It was a motley, picturesque crowdthe costumes and uniforms making so much colour in the midst of the very ordinary dark clothes the civilised Western world affects.

with Occurrences 102%

This opinion was perhaps the most prevalent, as it gained a colour with these simple people, from the chemical and astronomical instruments he possessed.

to Occurrences 80%

The bracing life they lead in their country home soon brings the colour to their cheeks, and the training they receive fits them for becoming useful citizens and valuable servants of the State.

from Occurrences 70%

All day long my mother used to sit at the frame, talking of the shades of the worsted, and the beauty of the colours;Mrs. Beresford seated in a chair near her, and, though her eyes were so dim she could hardly distinguish one colour from another, watching through her spectacles the progress of the work.

on Occurrences 61%

Their uniform was similar to that of the Italian Infantry, but their collars were red, yellow and blue, and they wore a cockade of the same three colours on their hats.

as Occurrences 46%

Double bandeaux are formed by bringing most of the hair forward, and rolling it over frizettes made of hair the same colour as that of the wearer: it is finished behind by plaiting the hair, and arranging it in such a manner as to look well with the head-dress.

than Occurrences 38%

He thought Edith had more colour than usual.

for Occurrences 36%

This was their favourite, as well as the most efficient mode of attack, as in these respects there was some colour for their accusation.

like Occurrences 31%

Martin thought they must be the black people of the sky; he wondered why they were black and not white, like white birds, or blue, and of other brilliant colours like the people of the Mirage.

at Occurrences 24%

Hamlet observed the king, his uncle, change colour at this expression, and that it was as bad as wormwood both to him and to the queen.

into Occurrences 20%

Remembering that he was addressing the dead man's brother, he recounted the details of the interview without feeling; indeed he threw no more colour into it than if he had been opening a case in court.

by Occurrences 19%

" "Charming!" said Howard; and the word was appropriate enough to the dainty apartment with its chaste decorations of crushed strawberry and gold, with hangings and furniture to match; with its grand piano in carved white wood and its series of water colours by some of the best of the Institute men.

between Occurrences 6%

Pointing out to Eveena the striking difference of colour between the cultivated fields and gardens and the woods or natural meadows on the mountain sides, I learned from her that this distinction is everywhere perceptible in Mars.

against Occurrences 6%

The red handkerchief around Solomon's head made a pretty spot of colour against the blue of the sky and the darker blue of the sea.

under Occurrences 6%

"It is nothing," said Susie, hastily, colouring under his eyes.

as Occurrences 5%

The contents of these vegetable baskets were often as gay-coloured as the gaudy gowns, and still gaudier turbans, of the women who offered them for sale.

out Occurrences 5%

My great boots of untanned buckskin were red with dust, I was bronzed like an Indian, and the sun had taken the colour out of my old blue coat.

among Occurrences 4%

The charlock brightens the landscape with its mass of colour among the turnips until the end of November, if the season be fairly mild.

within Occurrences 4%

Her eyes were shining brilliantly, but her face had lost its colour within twenty seconds.

about Occurrences 4%

He was, as Aunt Dolcey had predicted, very silent; the vein in his forehead still twitched menacingly and the pupils of his eyes were distended until the colour about them disappeared in blackness.

after Occurrences 3%

Friday, March 24, A.M.Skuas still about, a fewvery shyvery dark in colour after moulting.

near Occurrences 3%

The curtains to the window were of that annoying red which shrieks down any other colour near it; they made Ida's tired eyes ache.

through Occurrences 3%

The air had deepened her colour through her rouge, as it had blown from her dark, dishevelled tresses the mareschal powder, then still worn in Ireland(the last lingering barbarism of the British toilette, which France had already abandoned, with other barbarous modes, and exchanged for the coiffure d'Arippine and the tête à la Brutus.)

over Occurrences 3%

The principal amusement consisted in throwing yellow, brown, and red colours over each other, and painting themselves with the same on their cheeks and foreheads.

Which preposition to use with  coloured