fawn-colored
- adjective
- /fɔːnˈkoʊlərd/
- The name stuck through the years just as his exaggerated fondness for fawn-colored spats had.
- a fawn-colored jacket
- fawn-colored suede
- fawn-colored fur
Examples
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Kaitlyn Du Ross brought up a stack of beautiful linens, some knitted throws, and her squat, fawn-colored dishes, which overflowed.
Blog text (15) -
The absence of introduced predators and scavengers was especially evident on the North Plains, where I could see hundreds of white dots dispersed among the fawn-colored vegetation.
Academic text (1995) -
She had fawn-colored hair that looked as if it were cut with a bowl.
Fiction book (1990) -
But of all the tough breaks that he ever had, the one who lived was the one who saw his fawn-colored spats and remembered them.
Fiction book (1998) -
Both had pale fawn-colored fur and seal brown masks, ears, and tails.
Fiction book (2000) -
Then he cleaned all traces that she might have left in the flat and left a trademark of his own: fingerprints and a fawn-colored spat.
Fiction book (1998) -
He tugged at the sleeve of his stylish fawn-colored jacket.
Fiction book (2001) -
At 2:31 p.m., a male, fawn-colored pug was found at Gravenstein Highway N. and Hurlbutt.
Blog text (17) -
Helplessly, Edie remembers one Christmas day, many years ago, when Mrs. Goodman gave her husband a beautiful fawn-colored suede jacket.
Fiction book (1994) -
Lauren buried her hands deep into the pockets of her fawn-colored rain jacket while walking down Blossom Street.
Synonyms
A light brown colour with a little grey or yellow
A light brown color like tanned leather
Having a light brown color with a little yellow or red, often for eyes
A pale yellow-brown color like light leather
A light brown color like tanned leather
A pale yellow-brown color like a baby deer's fur
A light brown color with a little yellow
A light yellowish-brown color like a deer's coat
A pale light brown color like dry cereal grain
A pale brown color with a yellow tint
Light yellowish brown in color
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Etymology
The word fawn-colored comes from fawn ('young deer') and the part -colored, so it originally meant the color of a baby deer's coat. That is why fawn-colored means a 'pale yellowish-brown' shade, like a young deer's fur.