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  What it means

  Literally “to take on colours.” Means to become more vivid, lively, or interesting — a situation, story, or person gaining colour and life. “To come alive,” “to gain colour,” “to liven up.”

  Vocabulary

  • nabierać — to take on, to acquire (imperfective)
  • kolory — colours (plural of kolor)

  Grammar note

  'Kolorów' is the genitive plural of 'kolor' — genitive after 'nabierać' (to acquire of something).

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