It helps make the village colourful (5)

I believe the answer is:

green

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(Other definitions for green that I've seen before include "one may be putting on" , "Unripe; envious" , "Ecologically beneficial" , "Naive; colour" , "Environmentally concerned" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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