protective coloring

But DesJarlais clawed his way back into voters’ good graces by latching onto establishment figures and adopting the protective coloring that defines “creature of Washington”.

If there are any of us left who regret the gentlemen of old—who still prefer our Darcy or even our Plantagenet Palliser—we must write our own novels, and divine our own heroes under the protective coloring of their conventional breeding.

These latter are a strange tropical family four hundred strong, and all the very essence of protective coloring.

“That’s protective coloring,” Joe thought.

The under surface is a wonderful illustration of protective coloring.