taupe brown

taupe brown
noun
: a variable color averaging a grayish reddish brown that is yellower and paler than liver brown

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  • Taupe — refers to a dark grayish brown color. The word taupe derives from the French name for the European Mole, Talpa europaea . Originally, this referred only to the average color of the French mole, [Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930… …   Wikipedia

  • taupe — [ toup ] adjective something that is taupe is a brown gray color …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • taupe — ► NOUN ▪ a grey tinged with brown. ORIGIN French, mole, moleskin , from Latin talpa …   English terms dictionary

  • Brown — This article is about the color. For other uses, see Brown (disambiguation). Brown …   Wikipedia

  • brown — Synonyms and related words: Argos brown, Bordeaux, Cologne brown, Mexican red, Roman umber, Saint Benoit, Turkey umber, acorn, alesan, alizarin brown, anthracene brown, anthragallol, antique brown, antique gold, autumn leaf, bake, barbecue, baste …   Moby Thesaurus

  • taupe — Synonyms and related words: Quaker colored, acier, ashen, ashy, beige, brown, brownish, brownish yellow, brunet, canescent, chocolate, cinereous, cinerous, cinnamon, cocoa, cocoa brown, coffee, coffee brown, dapple, dapple gray, dappled, dappled… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • brown — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. toast, braise, singe; sunburn, tan, bronze. See color, heat. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. brownish, copper colored, rust colored, coffee colored; see brown n. n. Hues of brown include: tan, bay,… …   English dictionary for students

  • taupe — UK [təʊp] / US [toʊp] adjective something that is taupe is a brown grey colour …   English dictionary

  • taupe — [təʊp] noun a shade of grey with a tinge of brown. Origin early 20th cent.: from Fr., lit. mole, moleskin , from L. talpa …   English new terms dictionary

  • taupe — /tɔp / (say tawp), /toʊp / (say tohp) noun dark grey usually slightly tinged with brown, purple, yellow, or green. {French, from Latin talpa mole} …  

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