mummy-brown
- adjective
- Archaic
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marrón momia
- The artist used mummy-brown to create a warm, antique effect in the painting.
Examples
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She wore a coat of mummy-brown that matched the autumn leaves perfectly.
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The walls were painted a beautiful mummy-brown color.
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The old manuscript was stained with a mummy-brown hue over the years.
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She chose a mummy-brown dress for the art gallery opening.
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The artist used mummy-brown to create a warm, antique effect in the painting.
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She wore a coat of mummy-brown that matched the autumn leaves perfectly.
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The walls were painted a beautiful mummy-brown color.
Synonyms
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1.0
A medium to dark color like wood or earth
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1.0
A colour that is a little brown
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4.8
A dull pale brown color like light brown hair
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2.0
A brown color mixed with gray
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2.7
A gray color with a little brown in it
A greyish brown with a yellow tone like tobacco powder
A grey to yellowish brown color like old leather
A greyish yellow-brown colour like dried tobacco
A brown color that has some grey in it
A light dull brown that looks slightly gray
A grey color with a little brown in it
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How Brown
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Etymology
Mummy-brown comes from an old practice of making brown paint from ground Egyptian mummy bodies, with 'mummy' meaning 'preserved body'. Because the name joins mummy and brown, it now means a dull, old-fashioned brown color often seen in old paintings.