| WITHERED | Willow shoot a bright colour, like Keats's sedge? |
| EARED | Back of envelope's a bright colour, like some seals |
| MAROON | From French for "chestnut", a brownish-crimson colour, like the shell of such a conker; or, a firework that makes a loud bang, akin to the noise of a chestnut bursting in a fire (6) |
| COXCOMB | A court fool or jester's cap, named for its shape and colour, like a rooster's red crest; or, a dandy, fop or popinjay, who is conceited, foolish and vain (7) |
| OSIER | I rose to get a willow-shoot (5) |
| AZURE | Bright blue in colour like a cloudless sky |
| ASHEN | Having a grey colour like a tree (5) |
| YELLOW | This bird is a chicken? No, but it is a bright colour (6,6) |
| CANARY | This bird is a chicken? No, but it is a bright colour (6,6) |
| BAYADERE | Fabric or design with horizontal stripes of a bright colour (8) |
| REQUIRED | Insisted on having paper in a bright colour (8) |
| TIERED | Layered item of clothing that's a bright colour (6) |
| GORED | Go a bright colour when pierced (5) |
| SACRED | Holy container, a bright colour (6) |
| SIGN | Suffuse or highlight with a bright colour or light (4) |
| LIMN | Suffuse or highlight with a bright colour or light (4) |
| REDDISH | Rather a bright colour container that's revolutionary first (7) |
| DERAIN | Fauvist bringing a bright colour back, following fashion (6) |
| CLAMBERED | Scaled shellfish remain a bright colour (9) |
| SCARLET | It's a bright colour, little bit of skin damage? (7) |
