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Matching a nice colour (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kindred

'matching' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a nice colour' is the wordplay.
'a nice' becomes 'kind' (I've seen this before).
'colour' becomes 'red' (red is a kind of colour).
'kind'+'red'='KINDRED'

(Other definitions for kindred that I've seen before include "Family - like" , "Similarity in character" , "Related by blood - having similar qualities" , "Related by blood or marriage" , "clan" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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