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Real colour of one unswervingly faithful (4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

true blue

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'faithful' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'real colour of one unswervingly' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'real' could be 'true' (similar in meaning) and 'true' is present in the answer.
'colour' could be 'blue' (blue is a colour) and 'blue' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for true blue that I've seen before include "Staunchly loyal (Tory?)" , "Staunch Tory" , "Colour of unswerving loyalty" , "Very much Conservative" , "Loyal follower" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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