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Brought up key colour (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bred

'brought up' is the definition.
(to breed is to bring up or raise)

'key colour' is the wordplay.
'key' becomes 'b' (eg B major, musical key).
'colour' becomes 'red' (red is a kind of colour).
'b'+'red'='BRED'

(Other definitions for bred that I've seen before include "did produce issue" , "Gave rise to" , "Very (music)" , "Brought up (to behave in particular way)" , "Produced offspring" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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