The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word DYE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result DYE
- Change tone of start of John Peel song?
- Colour to fade reportedly
- Colouring unknown in centre of Aden
- Give colour to odd bits of Dryden
- After this stain, Ken poses a question of Scottish recognition
- Give new colour to Doyle's odd characters
- Colour to fade, reportedly
- Red and yellow would cover it
- Shade found when delicate fringes cover your head
- A Study in Scarlet might use such regular characters of Doyle’s
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The straight part
We know that "Give new colour to" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case give new colour to = dye.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DYE mean?
DYE noun- A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
- Any hue, color, or blee.
- To colour with dye, or as if with dye.
- A regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
- That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
- (plural also dies) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
- The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
- A device for cutting into a specified shape.
- A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
- A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
- An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
- (plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
- Any small cubical or square body.
- A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
- Any hue, color, or blee.