【highly colored】 —(also: high colored)

1. brightly colored; full of color:

• Compounds of this type are 【highly colored】 , and are used as dyes.

2. (of prose) pompous and pretentious:

• Some chapters are factual and suitable, but others are couched in the most 【highly colored】 cinematic prose.

3. (of a narrative) sensationalized or exaggerated:

• Travelers’ tales are often 【highly colored】 , as you know.

【of a high color】 —(of wine, complexion, etc.) of red or reddish color:

• A liquor called Morocco … is 【of a high color】 , and is made from malt and hops.