brown-gray
- adjective
- /braʊn-ɡreɪ/
- US
:
marrón-gris
- Passing on his left the brown-gray stone of the porters' lodge and deeply recessed library windows, Ormston remembers the torn back page of his morning paper.
Examples
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The back of the card gives his height as 5'7", his weight as 185 pounds, his hair color as brown-gray, his eyes as blue, and his complexion as light.
Academic text (2017) -
"Windy glimpsed the pack gliding through the distant trees like wisps of brown-gray fog."
Fiction book (2002) -
It is an enormous Tudor mansion, half-timbered with ashlar veneer of brown gray, an ivy-covered arch over the driveway.
Fiction book (1994) -
The sky was a dull brown-gray this morning, making it feel like a dreary day.
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Her sweater had a soft brown-gray hue that complemented her features nicely.
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During the autumn, the hills were painted in shades of brown-gray as the leaves began to fall.
Synonyms
1
4.8
A dull pale brown color like light brown hair
1
2.0
A brown color mixed with gray
1
6.9
A dull greyish-brown color like the fur of some horses
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2.7
A gray color with a little brown in it
1
6.8
Of a dull brown-grey color
A brown color that has some grey in it
A light dull brown that looks slightly gray
A dull brown and gray color like dry earth
A dark brownish-grey colour like old wood
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Morphology
Etymology
Brown-gray is simply made from the two common words brown and gray, so it means a color that is 'gray' with a touch of 'brown'. Think of an old faded photograph or a cloudy autumn sky to remember this mixed color.