puce
3
9.3
- noun
- /pjuːs/
:
puce
- The walls of the living room were painted a light puce color, giving the space a warm feel.
- puce beret
- shade of puce
- face turned puce
Examples
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In the mirror, my face was an unhealthy shade of puce.
Fiction book (1993) -
From down the street came three diminutive Asians, all three under the auspices of one huge puce umbrella.
Fiction book (1990) -
I only asked if you had something with a little puce in it!
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And she can carry off that awful colour, puce.
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I went down to a late breakfast wearing my new puce beret.
Fiction book (1992) -
The girl behind the counter at the Dairy Queen wore puce lipstick heavily outlined in brown, and she made Jimmy repeat his order three times.
Fiction book (1999) -
"Miranda's face turned puce.
Fiction book (1993) -
She drove a puce Honda Accord and I drove a beige Toyota Corolla.
Fiction book (1998) -
They tried a new Persian restaurant in an old section of the city where the old brick storefronts were being sandblasted and the interiors were done in magenta and puce with ferns hanging from the ceilings.
Fiction book (1990) -
She wore a stunning dress in a deep shade of puce to the gala.
Synonyms
18
3.6
A dark reddish brown color
8
1.0
A deep red color that is not bright
6
2.7
A dark, strong red colour that looks rich
3
2.1
A brown color with a hint of red
1
1.0
A brown color with a touch of red
1
7.4
A dark purple-red colour like red wine
1
2.5
A brown color with a slight red tint
A brown color with a touch of purple
A red color with a touch of purple
A red color with a little purple in it
A deep purple color mixed with red
A dark red color mixed with black
How Dark
Surface Forms
Etymology
Puce comes from the French word puce, which means 'flea'. People named the dark reddish-brown colour after the stain left by flea bites or the colour of a flea, so puce now means a deep purplish-brown or dark red.