: Using colors as words He was clad with white and silver bracelets. Can we use colors such as white and use them as a substitute for other words like "white clothes"? He was clad

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He was clad with white and silver bracelets.


Can we use colors such as white and use them as a substitute for other words like "white clothes"?


He was clad with white linen and silver bracelets.


I am thinking since we use material such as linen to substitute for other words like clothes, we could do the same with colors, but I am not sure.

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@BetL639

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It is done already. Consider: He strode onto the pitch in freshly pressed whites. (Cricket)

'He was clothed in brown rags' doesn't mean he was actually wearing rags.

It is quite common to say something like: He was clad in white and silver.

Consider: She was resplendent in crimson and yellow.

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