lip color

plural lip colors · alternative lipcolor

1. countableuncountableMakeup for the lips of a specific color.

   I analyze my choice of eye shadow and wonder if my lip color is too “loud.”

   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

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   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.

   2006 September, Suzanne Macpherson, Hysterical Blondeness, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 310

   As the makeup artist finished the final application of lip color, a knock sounded at the door.

   2013, Lucy Monroe, chapter 10, in Prince of Secrets (By His Royal Decree, 2; Harlequin Presents, 3163), Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN, page 148

2. countableuncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lip, color.

   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).

   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