Off colour

British english - someone who is looking pale, not their usual colour. To mean someone who is feeling unwell, "not themselves" or their "usual self" on that day. Can also be a team or department not performing to their usual standard.

"Are you alright? You look a bit off colour"
"The team played off colour today"

by troojyan November 3, 2009

Feeling off colour

You're feeling off colour when there's something wrong with your health even though it's nothing to worry about.

John:"I'm feeling off colour today, it's nothing serious but something's not quite right"
John's mum:"Well, you shouldn't go to school then. I'll call the doctor".

by Arliet April 8, 2021

off color

1. crude, vulgar, tasteless or sexual

2. irrelevant to the topic

He made a few off color remarks about your cousin.

by The Return of Light Joker December 9, 2008

off color

Just completely irrelevant. Unaware or oblivious to all of the matter at hand.

Also could be used with morbid and submissive.

Grayson, that was just an off colored comment.

by John DeCoste December 11, 2007

gone off food colouring

When you leave food coloring out too long and it goes all modly and staly.

The gone off food colouring tastes like piss.

by Debskelly1985 March 25, 2023

drop the colored kids off at the pool

to defecate in the toilet; also known as taking the browns to the superbowl and making special brownies

I ate a killer meatloaf, then I had to go drop the colored kids off at the pool before I went to class

by EthanEvans08 March 19, 2008