| 1H4 III.ii.100 | [King Henry to Prince Hal, of Hotspur] of no right, nor colour like to right, / He doth fill fields with harness in the realm |
| 1H6 II.iv.34 | [Warwick to all] without all colour / Of base insinuating flattery |
| H5 I.ii.17 | [King Henry to Canterbury, of making wrongful claims] whose right / Suits not in native colours with the truth |
| Ham I.ii.68 | [Gertrude to Hamlet] cast thy nighted colour off |
| Ham III.iv.131 | [Hamlet to Ghost] what I have to do / Will want true colour |
| TNK I.ii.39 | [Arcite to Palamon, of Thebes] where every evil / Hath a good colour |