Lacking brightness or colour (6)

I believe the answer is:

sombre

(Other definitions for sombre that I've seen before include "Joyless" , "Dark and dismal" , "Lugubrious" , "Dark and gloomy of manner" , "Gloomy and dismal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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