Into the white, proud face the color crept slowly.

But instead of dying, color was already creeping back into her pale, sleeping face!

Then as I watched them the color crept back and, without visible relaxation, the tension was gone.

After Bill got his shot, a little color crept into his face and he would become almost coy.

The colour slowly crept back into the boy's face.

Then, gradually, the color crept back into her face.

Shadows could be distinguished, and a little color crept back into the world.

At that, a little life and color crept back into her face.

Black turned to grey, and colors crept timidly back into the world.

Some color had crept back into her face.