There are many other colorful, but little known, examples of what happens to agitators, however.

"She could be enormously funny with a lot of very colorful examples and a lot of data."

A colorful example is cobalt(II) chloride, which turns from blue to red upon hydration, and can therefore be used as a water indicator.

This is a particularly colorful example of folk practice still kept alive.

With colorful examples like these, Robins shows how Americans' understanding of the physical world around and within them changed during Copeland's lifetime.

"Ukrainian crafts are very colorful examples of folk art," said Paul Zajak, publicist for the event.

Shortly into the movie, the filmmakers borrow the book's colorful and tragic example of why a solution was vital.

Though it sticks in my mind as a colorful example, it wasn't the first, or the last, such moment on the trip.

Mr. Hauck is able to illustrate such tenets with colorful examples.

Could you share some colorful examples?