Usually means: Distinctive traits of a region.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. local color: Merriam-Webster
  2. local color: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. local color: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. local color: Wordnik
  5. local color: Wiktionary
  6. local color: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. local color: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Local color, local color: Dictionary.com
  9. Local Color (Mose Allison album), Local Color (book), Local Color (film), Local color (visual art): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. local color: FreeDictionary.org
  11. local color: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. local color: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Local Color: Art Glossary: Terminology for artists
  3. Local color: art glossary
  4. LOCAL COLOR: Glossary of Art Terms

Definitions from Wiktionary (local color)

noun:  Aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities; the collective customs, mannerisms, fashions, artwork, accents or traditions of an area.

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