brownish-gray
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- adjective
- /ˈbraʊnɪʃ ɡreɪ/
- US
:
gris parduzco
- A lot of the foliage was brownish-gray, prickly as vineyards in the Napa Valley.
- brownish-gray color
Examples
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Edgar brought up the picture until the trees appeared only as a brownish-gray smear, and whatever lay beyond them might as well have been seen through an uncleaned window, or from the vantage of sparrows.
Fiction book (1991) -
" They walked around the edifice, which was built of finely fitted brownish-gray stone blocks.
Fiction book (1999) -
The artist chose a brownish-gray paint for the landscape to reflect the muted colors of autumn.
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She wore a cozy sweater with a brownish-gray pattern that complemented her skin tone.
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The old photograph had faded to a brownish-gray hue, giving it a vintage appearance.
Synonyms
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A light brown colour with a little grey or yellow
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A dull pale brown color like light brown hair
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A brown color mixed with gray
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Of a dull brown-grey color
A grey color with a little brown in it
A brown color that has some grey in it
A light dull brown that looks slightly gray
A dull brown and gray color like dry earth
A dark brownish-grey colour like old wood
How Brown
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Brownish-gray is a simple mix of two color words: brown and gray, with the ending -ish that means 'somewhat' or 'a little'. So brownish-gray literally means 'a gray with a touch of brown', which explains its modern use as a grey color tinged with brown.