Colourful type of The Foreign Review (3)
I believe the answer is:
red
'colourful' is the definition.
('red' can be similar in meaning to 'colourful')
'the foreign review' is the wordplay.
'the foreign' becomes 'der'.
'review' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'der' backwards is 'RED'.
'type of' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for red that I've seen before include "Blushing" , "Carmine" , "River, its source in the US, flowing north to empty into L Winnipeg" , "Colour of garnets" , "Bloodshot" .)