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Old boy reportedly perceived to be off-colour (7)

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I believe the answer is:

obscene

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'off-colour' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'old boy reportedly perceived' is the wordplay.
'old boy' becomes 'ob'.
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'perceived' becomes 'seen' (I've seen this before).
'seen' sounds like 'scene'.
'ob'+'scene'='OBSCENE'

'to be' is the link.

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(Other definitions for obscene that I've seen before include "Disgusting, repugnant" , "coarse!" , "Offensive - indecent" , "Pseudonym" , "Lewd - offensive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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