colorful vs milk-and-water

colorful

adj
  • Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language). 

  • Possessing prominent and varied colors. 

  • Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive. 

milk-and-water

noun
  • Something insipid or mawkish. 

adj
  • Insipid, wishy-washy, weak. 

How often have the words colorful and milk-and-water occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )