"local color" meaning in English

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "local color (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1917, Christopher Morley, chapter 1, in Parnassus on Wheels, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, →OCLC, page 8:",
          "text": "We would like to have it illustrated by Mr. Tortoni, some of whose work you may have seen, and would be glad to know whether he may call upon you in order to acquaint himself with the local colour of your neighbourhood.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities; the collective customs, mannerisms, fashions, artwork, accents or traditions of an area."
      ],
      "id": "en-local_color-en-noun-JVFrKS3g",
      "links": [
        [
          "custom",
          "custom"
        ],
        [
          "tradition",
          "tradition"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "color"
        },
        {
          "word": "locality"
        },
        {
          "word": "localization"
        },
        {
          "word": "localized"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "local colour"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities",
          "word": "paikallisväri"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "couleur locale"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Lokalkolorit"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chiikishoku",
          "sense": "aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities",
          "word": "地域色"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "culoare locală"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "méstnyj kolorít",
          "sense": "aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ме́стный колори́т"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tipismo"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities",
          "word": "bản sắc địa phương"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "local color"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "local color (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "color"
    },
    {
      "word": "locality"
    },
    {
      "word": "localization"
    },
    {
      "word": "localized"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1917, Christopher Morley, chapter 1, in Parnassus on Wheels, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, →OCLC, page 8:",
          "text": "We would like to have it illustrated by Mr. Tortoni, some of whose work you may have seen, and would be glad to know whether he may call upon you in order to acquaint himself with the local colour of your neighbourhood.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities; the collective customs, mannerisms, fashions, artwork, accents or traditions of an area."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "custom",
          "custom"
        ],
        [
          "tradition",
          "tradition"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "local colour"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities",
      "word": "paikallisväri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "couleur locale"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Lokalkolorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chiikishoku",
      "sense": "aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities",
      "word": "地域色"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "culoare locală"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "méstnyj kolorít",
      "sense": "aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ме́стный колори́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tipismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities",
      "word": "bản sắc địa phương"
    }
  ],
  "word": "local color"
}