A flower in dark colour for spring child (7)
I believe the answer is:
taurean
'spring child' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'a flower in dark colour' is the wordplay.
'flower' becomes 'ure' (River Ure).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'dark colour' becomes 'tan' (tan is a kind of colour. I am not sure about the 'dark' bit.).
'a'+'ure'='aure'
'aure' placed inside 'tan' is 'TAUREAN'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for taurean that I've seen before include "One born in April/May" , "May Day baby, say?" , "bovine" , "person who might be considered bullish?" , "One born under the sign of the bull" .)