beige
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- adjective
- /beɪʒ/
- I drive a Volvo, a beige one.
- light beige
- white or beige
- yellow and beige
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Watch on YouTubeThis is a little beige light jacket.
- This is a little beige light jacket.
- This, this country is, it's red, white and beige, let's be honest.
- And they go around in beige suits and it's a hospital.
- So next I have from Misguided this beige trench coat.
- This is like three quarter length and it's a black with little beige spots.
- So we're going to go in with the shade beige bronze.
- It is a matte lipstick and it's like a beige pinkish nude.
Examples
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Esther judged Tyrone's beige Audi to be at least six years old.
Fiction book (1994) -
So next I have from Misguided this beige trench coat.
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It's like just a standard beige, sort of.
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It's like this off white beige kind of color and it's super long.
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This is a little beige light jacket.
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The sun on the bright beige countryside was painful.
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Uh, that beige concealer, -do you know when we're getting more of it?
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The floor is usually linoleum, and the colors beige or gray are recommended for the floor and walls.
Academic text (2008) -
So the next piece is this beige suede bodysuit.
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The color of her dress is a lovely shade of beige that complements her skin tone.
Synonyms
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1.0
A colour that is a little brown
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1.0
A light brown colour like leather
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4.8
A dull pale brown color like light brown hair
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6.8
Of a dull brown-grey color
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4.9
A light brown color with a little yellow
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2.0
A brown color mixed with gray
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5.3
A dull grey or light brownish green color often used for uniforms
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5.7
A pale yellow-brown color like light leather
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4.2
A light yellowish brown color like a young deer
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2.7
A gray color with a little brown in it
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2.7
A grey color with a little brown in it
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7.9
A color between gray and beige that matches many items
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4.3
Light yellowish brown in color
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3.2
A pale brown color with a yellow tint
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4.1
A pale brown color with a slight yellow tint
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4.6
A light brown color with a little yellow
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4.8
A pale light brown color like dry cereal grain
A grey to yellowish brown color like old leather
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Etymology
The word beige comes from French and originally named the colour of 'undyed wool', the natural colour of sheep's wool. That's why beige is used to describe a soft, neutral light greyish-brown colour.