buff
4
6.8
- noun
- /bʌf/
:
beige
- There was a letter too, on Eleanor's plain buff stationery:
- a buff color
Examples
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I remember it well; it was the Boston Cooking School Book, with a faded buff cover and red lettering.
Fiction book (1994) -
She's focusing on the buff-colored spots, only millimeters across, encrusting the lower surface of the foliage.
Academic text (2004) -
Now, which do you like, the taupe or the buff?
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Colin picked up the buff-colored envelope from under his boot.
Fiction book (2000) -
The sun grinds on while the buff-colored dog below struggles against his chain.
Fiction book (1992) -
Or were those stockings he just couldn't see, pale or buff or nude?
Fiction book (2001) -
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) -
Mother, still in a peach satin and lace slip, snatches her soft buff-colored suit out of the closet.
Fiction book (1991) -
The walls of the room were painted a warm buff color that made the space feel inviting.
Synonyms
6
2.3
A medium to dark tan color like brown sugar
1
7.3
A yellow-brown paint color used in art
A medium to dark brown color like caramel
A medium to dark brown with a little yellow in it
A light warm yellow-brown color like soft sand
Idioms
Compounds
A children's game where a blindfolded player tries to catch and name other players
How Brown
Surface Forms
Etymology
Buff (colour noun) names a medium to dark tan like the natural shade of buff leather from animal hide. So when an artist or decorator says 'buff', they mean that warm tan or brownish colour.