The nursery, meanwhile, had a cottage feel, with bubble-gum-pink curtains and sage-green-and-white wallpaper.

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Pink-and-green rubber flaps hang on the freshly painted cars to guard against scratches, one of hundreds of thousands of ideas factory workers continually submit to improve Toyota, and one that is now a common feature in car factories worldwide.

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To enter the theater now is to be immersed in a delicate pastel world of sage and celadon green, rose-pink, lavender and orchid, a dramatic change at the turn of the century from standard theatrical red and gold.

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Guests sat in white-seated rows under a gleaming chandelier while women swathed in pink and green paraded down a runway set in front of a gold pipe organ.

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He would wear trousers made of green billiard cloth, a pink coat, a blue shirt, a tie hand-painted by a Japanese friend, an immense sombrero, a flaming beard cut to a point and a single large blue earring.

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On May 7, the new-look, enriched-feature Cybook Opus will come in 7 colours: black, silver, blue, red, pink, green and orange.

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The All England Lawn Tennis Club has been de-stuffed for London 2012 Olympic pink and purple has replaced much of the club's signature green, and players dress in home country colors instead of customary whites.

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