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make the colours pop

make colours look vivid

If something makes the colours pop, it makes them look especially bright and noticeable.

C1 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Why does the painting look brighter now?

The new frame makes the colours pop.

Play the conversation

The warm lighting makes the colours pop against the dark walls.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: The warm lighting makes the colours pops.

Say: The warm lighting makes the colours pop.

After “makes” and its object, use the base form “pop,” without an ending.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

make the colours pop; the colours really pop

Your turn: say it out loud

The warm lighting makes the colours pop against the dark walls.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

make the colours pop

make colours look vivid

“The warm lighting makes the colours pop against the dark walls.”

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