snuff-brown
- adjective
- Archaic
:
marrón rapé
- She wore a snuff-brown coat that seemed to blend into the autumn landscape.
Examples
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The artist mixed several shades until he achieved just the right snuff-brown for the background.
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The curtains in the old study were a faded snuff-brown that matched the worn carpet.
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The walls were painted a deep snuff-brown color.
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I prefer snuff-brown furniture for its warm tone.
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She wore a snuff-brown coat that seemed to blend into the autumn landscape.
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The artist mixed several shades until he achieved just the right snuff-brown for the background.
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The curtains in the old study were a faded snuff-brown that matched the worn carpet.
Synonyms
3
7.5
Pale yellow hair like dry straw
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2.7
A gray color with a little brown in it
A grey to yellowish brown color like old leather
A greyish yellow-brown colour like dried tobacco
A grayish yellowish brown color like old paper
A dark yellow-brown color like powdered tobacco
How Brown
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Etymology
The word snuff-brown comes from snuff ('powdered tobacco') and brown, because the shade looked like the tobacco people used to sniff. That's why snuff-brown means a greyish to yellowish, dusty brown like that old tobacco color.