dun
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8.9
- noun
- /dʌn/
:
color pardo
- The walls of the old barn were painted a faded dun color that blended with the dry grass around it.
- dun-colored
- a dun color
- dun-brown
Examples
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At first, he thought she had made up her eyes in what his mother called earth tones: dun, moss, slate.
Fiction book (1994) -
The stones were their natural weathered dun color.
Fiction book (1999) -
In the far distance rose the Hollywood Hills, dun-colored desert mountains overburdened by the terra-cotta homes of movie directors and rock stars.
Fiction book (2001) -
All she saw were hump-backed burial kurgans rising out of the dun-colored steppe.
Fiction book (1996) -
In other areas, dun-colored landscapes are punctuated by boulders where other artists have placed their visual narratives.
Academic text (2002) -
The rivers of color streaking through its basic gray background perfectly matched the dun, ocher, and sienna hues of the surrounding landscape.
Fiction book (2001) -
His lean face is shaded from the sun overhead by a round felt hat with a wide brim, dun-colored like the land around, old and crumpled.
Fiction book (2000) -
In hue, it is auburn, tan, and dun, broken by canyons of willow and sumac, bleached by the sun, desiccated.
Fiction book (1999) -
She admired the dun-colored horse grazing peacefully in the meadow.
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As the sun set, the sky turned a muted dun, signaling the end of a hot summer day.
Synonyms
5
5.3
A dull grey or light brownish green color often used for uniforms
1
6.9
A dull greyish-brown color like the fur of some horses
A light dull brown that looks slightly gray
A grey color with a little brown in it
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Etymology
Dun comes from an old English word dunn meaning 'dark brown' or 'dull'. This is why dun names a dull, brownish‑grey color you can imagine in autumn fields.