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I wouldn't say it was colloquial; I'd say it was preferable over boring.'Dull' exists in the realm of metaphor - as in 'this knife is dull', extended to whatever your object is; 'boring' implies subjective dislike, which is far less 'proper' to formal writing.
It all depends on what you want to say and the context, of course - if you're looking for a shiny word, something like 'insipid', 'fatuous' or 'vapid' are in a similar field, but pack a bit more punch. As it is 'dull' is fine, I'd imagine - it does conjure the image of something which isn't even bad enough to merit a more deleterious word.
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