I'm working on translating a news article from Japanese to English. This is
one of the sentences:

> 米国は、クアッドで扱うのは新型コロナウイルス対応やクリーンエネルギーなど「実務的な案件」だと強調し、安保色を打ち消そうとしている。

I can't figure out what this use of 色 means. I've looked it up everywhere I
can find and am starting to wonder if it is actually an abbreviation of a
treaty.

Anyone have any other ideas?
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meaning
色 - A meaning other than color/various?
It's read しょく, and is a suffix that means "mood", "smell", "sign" or
"appearance". It follows only a small set of words, including:

  * 国際色
  * 地方色
  * 郷土色
  * 対決色
  * 保守色

It's also in lexicalized compounds like 敗色, 古色 and 異色.

安保 is short for 安全保障, and it's typically used in the context of
[日米安保](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%E2%80%93Japan_Alliance). Having 安保色
means stimulating some other countries, as well as some people in Japan.
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