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A respected member with hint of red and another colour (5)

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I believe the answer is:

amber

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'colour' is the definition.
(amber is a kind of colour)

'a respected member with hint of red' is the wordplay.
'respected member' becomes 'mbe' (Member of the Order of the British Empire. I am not sure about the 'respected' bit.).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hint of' suggests taking the first letters (the smallest possible amount of the word).
The first letter of 'red' is 'r'.
'a'+'mbe'+'r'='AMBER'

'and another' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for amber that I've seen before include "Road warning" , "Dark yellow" , "Yellow, translucent fossil resin" , "Orange traffic light" , "Honey-yellow colour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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