buff-colored
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5.7
- adjective
- /bʌfˈkʌlərd/
:
color beige
- Mother, still in a peach satin and lace slip, snatches her soft buff-colored suit out of the closet.
Examples
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They were typed in capital letters on buff-colored index cards.
Fiction book (1998) -
Mine's a buff-colored tabby who sleeps on my closed laptop and the stereo tuner.
Blog text (7) -
The sun grinds on while the buff-colored dog below struggles against his chain.
Fiction book (1992) -
Across the street, an ambulance was leaving the gate of a buff-colored mansion, the sort of pre-Revolutionary building the Party loved to use for offices.
Fiction book (1992) -
The mountains, buff-colored minutes before, began to turn a dusky mauve.
Fiction book (1993) -
I'm staring at his shoes, scuffed, pointy-toed, buff-colored western boots.
Fiction book (1998) -
She's focusing on the buff-colored spots, only millimeters across, encrusting the lower surface of the foliage.
Academic text (2004) -
The Rudhs quickly set up a showing and were excited by the original wood paneling on the living room walls, the buff-colored stone fireplace, and Danish light fixtures—all in pristine condition.
Blog text (6) -
The coyote's coat can vary, but it is usually buff-colored.
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Libby's pumpkins are buff-colored and oval, not bright orange and round.
Synonyms
45
1.3
A light brown colour with a little grey or yellow
30
1.0
Light brown in colour like leather
8
6.0
A light brown color like tanned leather
1
4.2
A light yellowish brown color like a young deer
1
4.2
A light brown color like tanned leather
1
4.4
A light brown color like skin after being in the sun
A pale yellow brown color like light tan
A light brown color with a little yellow
A light yellowish-brown color like a deer's coat
A light brown color with a little yellow
A pale brown color with a yellow tint
A pale brown color with a slight yellow tint
Light yellowish brown in color
A yellow color with a little brown that looks warm and dull
Antonyms
How Brown
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Buff-colored comes from buff, the name for soft 'leather' that has a 'pale yellow-brown' look. So if something is buff-colored, it is the same 'pale yellow-brown' as that leather.