lip color

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See also: lipcolor

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Noun

lip color (countable and uncountable, plural lip colors)

  1. Makeup for the lips of a specific color.
    Hypernym: lipstick
    • 2006 September, Suzanne Macpherson, Hysterical Blondeness, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 310:
      While we’re at it, I have to show you the Amber Glaze collection because you just won’t believe what you’ll look like in these lip colors and your nails will love it.
    • 2012, Karel Murray, Torie Jochims, “Setting the Stage to Engage”, in Conquering the Witch Within: Intergenerational Work Place Strategies that Create Real Results, Indianapolis, Ind.: Dog Ear Publishing, →ISBN, page 14:
      I analyze my choice of eye shadow and wonder if my lip color is too “loud.”
    • 2013, Lucy Monroe, chapter 10, in Prince of Secrets (By His Royal Decree, 2; Harlequin Presents, 3163), Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN, page 148:
      As the makeup artist finished the final application of lip color, a knock sounded at the door.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lip,‎ color.
    • 2018 April, Nancy Redd, “Baby Blue … Lips?”, in Pregnancy, OMG! The First-Ever Photographic Guide for Modern Mamas-to-Be, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN:
      A “cool” change in lip color during pregnancy could merely be a hormonal side effect, but call your doctor just in case, because your bluish or purplish lips could also suggest: • Iron deficiency (anemia).