Colored swimsuit

If I want to go swimming during the shiva nekiyim, is it permitted to do this wearing a coloured (non–white) bathing suit?

Dear questioner,

Thank you for your question.

Swimming is permissible during your clean days.  It would be preferable to find a swim suit with a white lining or to switch the lining at the crotch to white. However, if you do not have such a swimsuit, you can swim in what you do have.

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