Cryptic crossword clue
Colour page with stationery 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PINK

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The straight part

We know that "Colour" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case colour = pink.

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What does PINK mean?

1. The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
2. A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.

1. A narrow boat.

1. A stab.

1. To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
2. To prick with a sword.
3. To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
4. To choose; to cull; to pick out.

1. Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
2. A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.
3. The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.
4. Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
5. One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points.
6. An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
7. The vagina or vulva.

1. To become pink in color, to redden.
2. To turn (something) pink.
3. To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.

1. Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
2. Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
3. Having conjunctivitis.
4. By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.
5. Relating to women or girls.
6. Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.

1. A socialist who is not wholly communist.

1. Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
2. Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.

1. To wink; to blink.

1. Half-shut; winking.

1. Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green, or brown shades made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.

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