Colorable

That which has or gives color. That which is in appearance only, and not in reallty, what it purports to be.

— Colorable alteration. One which makes no real or substantial change, but is introduced only as a subterfuge or means of evading the patent or copyright law.

— Colorable imitation. In the law of trade-marks, this phrase denotes such a close or ingenious imitation as to be calculated to deceive ordinary persons.

— Colorable pleading. The practice of giving color in pleading.