off-color

Of the wrong color.

Careful control of mixing at the central point reduces the possibility of off-color paint in some booths, and uniform pressure at the spray guns is easily maintained.

Because of his reputable work with off-color and contaminated materials, I have asked Dr. Otto Speck of Colorama Consultants to give us some direction.

Dirty, vulgar or obscene, especially in a way that is unpleasant.

He told an off-color joke.

[T]he equating of the female genitalia with a wound caused by an axe is a very off-colour metaphor.

Different from usual.

Since Zappa treats subject matter, dialogue, and song as musical material, Permanent Damage has a casual off-color quality. Permanent Damage and An Evening with Wild Man Fischer were works of oddball sociology as much as they were rock and roll records.

Even the roadside sights seemed a little off-color and was just beginning to lose some of its summer luster.

Feeling mildly unwell.

I feel a bit off-color today.

Nihal Sheshan, one of our officers, tells me our chief has been a little off-color of late. Kind of disoriented sometimes.