Brownish grey, dark grey. blewebis n. dark or dull blue. Obsolete.

Chiefly U.S. Designating a yellowish-brown colour produced by a dye made from the fruit and bark of the butternut (sense A. 2); designating…

A fashion shade of yellowish or brownish grey; stone-colour. Also attributive or as adj. Cf. sense 18.

In combination, as ficelle colour, the colour of pack-thread; ficelle-lace, string-coloured lace. Also ficelle-coloured adj.

Of the colour of oatmeal.

With the name of another colour, as browny-green, browny-grey.

A grey colour resembling that of a mole's fur. Also attributive or as adj.

Of a quality (as hardness, colour): Like that of stone.

A brownish shade of grey resembling the colour of moleskin. Also in combinations, as taupe-coloured adj.