If he were taking down a description of her, he'd have to say "brown" and "brown," but that didn't come close to the actual color.

The term has nothing to do with the actual colour of the moon.

Is the color in the picture the actual color as would be seen by the naked eye?

"Wiggle" as a name doesn't say much about the actual color - or the product - but who cares?

"I want the others to see the actual color of your hair."

The actual colors and shapes, however, changed with time.

However, the actual apparent colors the eye sees are lighter than the conventional color descriptions.

A beam came out, a shimmery disturbance of the air rather than any actual color.

The patient was to call out the actual color displayed rather than the printed word.

He first appears as a black and white being and, over the course of the battle, gains actual color.