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Can a coat-tail have a touch of colour? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tint

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'colour?' is the definition.
(tint is a kind of colour)

'can a coat-tail' is the wordplay.
'can' becomes 'tin' (both are metal containers).
'tail' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'coat' is 't'.
'tin'+'t'='TINT'

'have a touch of' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for tint that I've seen before include "Hair dye" , "Hue, shade" , "Quality of colour" , "A slight shade of colour" , "(Softer variety of) colour" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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