When charity meets the worlds of fashion and Hollywood, it can become a rose-colored spectacle.

Perhaps Captain Jim sees us both through the rose-colored spectacles of his love for us.

I'm not wearing rose-colored spectacles.

The bright reds of Christmas have softened to pink for Valentine's Day as retailers fill their store windows with all manner of rose-colored spectacles.

They all wear rose-colored spectacles, and are lineal descendants of the inventor of aerial architecture.

"It's easy to look back with rose-colored spectacles, but there was a vast underinvestment under British Rail," Mr. Wilks said.