The color still started at exactly the same moment.
The proper colors of their skin started to return.
The wrong color, he started to think, and then rejected the thought.
And as colour started to return to his face.
Then the colors started, and he could do nothing but sit back and enjoy the show.
For the first time since he'd appeared at her apartment door, some color started to return to Emilio's face.
Eventually, the colors may start to return to their original color.
Then they sank into stupor, and their color started to turn.
"He turned blue and I was relieved when his color started to come back."
I saw some colors start to bleed into his face, but that didn't matter now.