Historical clue formulations

• Far from bright — 2025-08-31
• Lackluster — 2025-06-22
• Dull-colored — 2025-03-10
• Colorless — 2024-03-28
• Dull — 2024-02-17
• Dull-colored — 2023-11-06
• Visually blah — 2022-08-30
• Lacking color — 2022-01-23
• Dull-colored — 2021-07-26
• Dull-colored — 2021-03-01
• Not very bright — 2020-12-26
• Opposite of colorful — 2020-09-29
• Lacking pizazz — 2020-06-16
• Gray, say — 2020-06-10
• Dreary — 2020-03-31
• Lacking brightness — 2019-08-19
• Visually uninspiring — 2018-05-29
• Lacking pizazz — 2018-01-28
• Grayish — 2017-04-16
• Dull-colored — 2015-11-30
• In need of some color — 2014-10-01
• Dull-colored — 2013-04-29
• Dull-colored — 2012-11-26
• Humdrum — 2012-07-03
• Evoking a "ho-hum" — 2012-06-12
• Dull — 2012-06-06
• Ho-hum — 2011-09-14
• Lackluster — 2011-04-05
• Void of any va-va-voom — 2010-10-27
• Blah — 2010-04-27
• Grayish — 2010-02-21
• Lacking color — 2008-08-04
• Dull-colored — 2008-02-11
• Colorless — 2007-01-21
• Not very bright — 2006-01-29
• Evoking an "eh" — 2005-10-19
• Cheerless — 2005-09-30
• Dull as dishwater — 2005-06-29
• Blah — 2005-05-19
• Colorless — 2004-12-29
• Grayish — 2003-12-21
• Frumpy — 2003-09-05
• Lackluster — 2002-06-10
• Far from festive — 2001-09-15
• Lackluster — 2000-05-19
• Visually dull — 2000-02-15
• Gray — 2000-02-10
• Humdrum — 1999-12-19
• Unexciting — 1999-08-20
• Grayish — 1999-06-10