olive brown
noun
a dull yellowish-brown to yellowish-green colour
(as adjective): an olive-brown coat
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How to use olive brown in a sentence
Their figures are athletic, and their color black, sometimes slightly tinged with olive-brown.
Bobby and Betty looked, and sure enough, in Joe's hat were seven eggs—olive-brown in color.
One had an olive-brown dorsum and the other, a reddish orange dorsum.
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala | William E. DuellmanOn the olive-brown dorsum are 27 irregular, narrow, dark brown, transverse bands.
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala | William E. DuellmanThe eggs number two, dark olive-brown, or buffish-brown, spotted somewhat sparingly with blackish-brown and umber-brown.
Birds' Nests, Eggs and Egg-Collecting | Richard Kearton
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