coffee
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- noun
- /ˈkɔːfi/
:
color café
- My fingertips run over the cabinet's coffee bean-colored finish.
- coffee-colored
- coffee-brown
- dark as coffee
One of them is Vice which is this slightly lighter pinkier shade and the other one is MIDI which is kind of like a coffee nude, like slightly more brown undertones.
- One of them is Vice which is this slightly lighter pinkier shade and the other one is MIDI which is kind of like a coffee nude, like slightly more brown undertones.
- But the difference with this is it's very coffee ish.
Examples
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The walls were painted in a warm coffee color that created a cozy atmosphere.
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As the charming, coffee-colored gentleman who runs this country said... ...the time has come to set aside childish things.
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And this is such a signature color for Mel B and it is a very, very coffee color for the lips.
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The waiting room contained three chairs and a coffee table on which four magazines were placed.
Academic text (1997) -
Then he noticed the photos I'd left scattered on the coffee table between us.
Fiction book (2000) -
Suddenly, his dad had spotted two bubbles rising to the surface of the coffee-colored water.
Fiction book (1994) -
I found a new concealer, so I'm going to go ahead and use dark coffee for my contour shade.
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In the streetlight, I could see the baby's eyes were open and coffee-brown.
Fiction book (1999) -
The man, a middle-aged, coffee-colored fellow in a white shirt and blue cap, hummed a tune.
Fiction book (1997) -
She chose a coffee shade for her new dress, which complemented her complexion beautifully.
Synonyms
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Having a medium to dark color like wood or tanned skin
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A medium dark brown color like cocoa beans
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A deep brown color like wood or earth
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A deep reddish-brown color like wood from a tropical tree
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A dark shade of brown like chocolate
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A deep brown color like chocolate
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A dark brown color with a slight red or coffee tone
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A medium dark brown color with a reddish or yellowish tone
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Having a deep brown color like dark chocolate
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A medium to dark brown color with a slight red tone used in painting
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A very dark brown color with a hint of black
Idioms
Compounds
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A large attractive book with many photos or pictures kept on a living room table for guests to browse
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A strong coffee made by boiling very finely ground beans, not filtered and often with sugar
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A small tropical tree that grows red cherries containing beans used to make a hot drink
An evergreen bush in the western United States that produces small red or black berries
- Specialized
A tiny living thing that makes coffee plants and other tropical crops sick
- Specialized
A ring-shaped mark that appears at the edge of a liquid drop as it dries
- Indian
A tropical shrub with shiny leaves and sweet-smelling flowers that open at night
A tropical shrub with many leaves whose seeds smell bad and people use to make cheap coffee
- Specialized
A disease of coffee plants caused by fungi or bacteria that reduces the amount and quality of beans
- US
An evergreen fern from California and Baja California with dark brown stems on its leaves
- Indian
A small movable stand that sells hot coffee and simple food on streets, often at night
A traditional ritual in Ethiopia where people prepare, serve, and drink coffee together
- Archaic
A tropical shrub whose seeds are sometimes roasted and used as fake coffee
- Specialized
A large North American tree with divided leaves and hard seed pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute
- Specialized
A coffee plant from West Africa that resists coffee rust and grows in places like Java
- Specialized
A coffee plant from West Africa that makes beans for strong coffee and resists disease
How Dark
Surface Forms
Etymology
Coffee is used for a warm dark-brown color because roasted coffee beans have that shade, so calling something 'coffee' means it has the same brown of a roasted bean.