protective coloring
Example Sentences
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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
For youngsters, moreover, the protective coloring can have its uses.
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
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
On a log thirty feet distant sat an old grouse with half a dozen of her brood, all of them perched in a row and relying on their protective coloring to save them from sight.
From The Sky Line of Spruce by Marshall, Edison
