Definition of "off-color" []

• Exhibiting bad taste: an off-color joke. (adjective)
• Varying from the usual, expected, or required color. (adjective)
• Not in good health or spirits. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "They found their patrons were more willing to pay money to see an off-color than a decent one."
• "She laughed easily, and told off-color jokes now and then, too, that made him laugh."
• "That was followed by an off-color declaration about his sister-in-law at Brennan's in July of 2009 that was filmed and posted on YouTube."