taupen.
/təʊp/, /tɔːp/, U.S. /toʊp/ A brownish shade of grey resembling the colour of moleskin. Also in combinations, as taupe-coloured adj.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [noun] > brownish grey
minim1632
Portland stone1633
stone-colour1663
nut-grey1797
stone tint1833
stone1848
moleskin colour1903
mole-colour1906
mole1908
taupe1911
the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > brownish grey
bice1330
butternut1772
stone-coloured1772
stone1848
ficelle-coloured1882
oatmeal1885
moleskin-coloured1903
browny-grey1905
mole-grey1906
mole1908
stony1910
taupe1911
1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 5 Apr. 24/1 (advt.) Important silk purchase..in colors of rose, Persian blue..taupe, purple, mauve.
1921 Glasgow Herald 18 June 4 Pearl, smoke, taupe, mouse and other soft becoming shades of grey.
1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. ix. 714 The hole in the roof had, of course, been repaired; and the interior done over in taupe and white.
1967 Boston Sunday Herald 26 Mar. (Mag.) 21/1 Use taupe powder to create depth.
1976 L. St. Clair Fortune in Death xxi. 215 The subdued taupe of her suit.
1982 M. McMullen Better off Dead (1983) i. iii. 19 The velvet was taupe-coloured.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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