local colour BrE
local color AmE

He has the eye for local color and the telling moment on the road.

I'd like to include local color and stories in my research.

How can I put any local color in my story?

Then, it had all seemed part of the local color.

Kind of like local color having me on the job.

Get in touch with that country, and your local color will convince.

This leaves the problem of what might best be called too much local color.

His library and study reveal a man who had no interest in local color.

The play benefits from both local color and period flavor.

There is much more to this than a show of local color.