color of law(n = noun.attribute) colour of law - a mere semblance of legal right; something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law; "the plaintiff claimed that under color of law the officer had deprived him of his civil rights"
is a kind of color, colour, gloss, semblance

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