He was wearing a dark red or maroon jumper and dark jeans.

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And some drinks leave behind more devastation than others: Colorless cocktails like vodka and gin are kinder on the body than dark whiskey or even red wine.

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Red or dark orange means there have been losses.

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He was wearing a black baseball cap, and a black or dark coloured leather jacket with red piping.

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Backgrounds tend to be dark, usually blue or red, with brighter colors used as accents.

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And makeover-wise, I wish the hair was slightly longer and lighter but with dark pink, red, or purple highlights.

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Healthy Arabica plants grow 10-12 feet tall and have dark-green leaves, white flowers and red or purple beans.

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This new genetic approach is also able to differentiate between some hair colours that are similar, for example, between red and reddish blonde, or between blonde and dark blonde hair.

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You may be implored to sniff out the vanilla and dark honey notes of an Ecuadorian Le Loja, or taste bouquets of red berries in an Ethiopian Sidamo Ardi.

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In two of the trials, the box was dark for 12 minutes and then illuminated for 48 minutes with either long-wavelength red light or short-wavelength blue light directed at the subjects' corneas. (Light color is determined by its wavelength.) The box was dark in a control experiment.

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