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It’s not a colourful story? (5,3)

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I believe the answer is:

white lie

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'story?' is the definition.
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'it's not a colourful' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'it's' could be 'it' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'it' is located in the answer.
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(Other definitions for white lie that I've seen before include "Justifiable deception" , "Minor falsehood" , "Well-meant falsehood" , "pardonable offence" , "Supposedly helpful untruth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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