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fawn-colored

fawn-colored

1 4.2
A light yellowish brown color like a young deer
  • adjective
  • /fɔːnˈkoʊlərd/
translation icon : color ciervo
  • 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

  • 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

beige
vsfawn-colored
45 1.3

A light brown colour with a little grey or yellow

is more yellow and paler than this greyer brown
tawny
vsfawn-colored
8 6.0

A light brown color like tanned leather

is paler and more yellow, not as orange as this shade
hazel
vsfawn-colored
1 3.8

Having a light brown color with a little yellow or red, often for eyes

is a paler, more uniformly yellow brown like a young deer
buff-colored
vsfawn-colored
1 5.7

A pale yellow-brown color like light leather

is paler and more specifically like a young deer
tawny-brown
vsfawn-colored
1 4.2

A light brown color like tanned leather

is paler and less orange, more yellowish than this tone
fawnlike
vsfawn-colored
6.7

A pale yellow-brown color like a baby deer's fur

is identical in color but differs only in word form
buff-brown
vsfawn-colored
4.6

A light brown color with a little yellow

is paler and more yellow, like a young deer
buckskinned
vsfawn-colored
7.5

A light yellowish-brown color like a deer's coat

is softer and paler, matching young deer fur
oaty
vsfawn-colored
4.8

A pale light brown color like dry cereal grain

is slightly more yellow and more deerlike than this grain shade
yellow-beige
vsfawn-colored
3.2

A pale brown color with a yellow tint

is more clearly yellowish and paler, like young deer
beigy
vsfawn-colored
4.3

Light yellowish brown in color

is more yellow and paler than this milder brown

How Brown

brown
939 1.0
fawn-colored
1 4.2
tan
40 1.0
beige
17 1.0

Surface Forms

fawn-colored positive
fawn colour positive

Morphology

fawn-colored = fawn + colored (transparent) = fawn + color + ed

The adjective is a straightforward compound of 'fawn' and 'colored' (color + -ed), so the color meaning is directly derived from the base.

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.