coffee-colored

American  

[kaw-fee-kuhl-erd, kof-ee-] / ˈkɔ fiˌkʌl ərd, ˈkɒf i- /

adjective

1. having the medium-brown color of coffee mixed with cream or milk; moderately brown.

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Etymology

Origin of coffee-colored

First recorded in 1685–95

Example Sentences

He was arrayed in the look of stylish autumn — a coffee-colored down vest over a lighter brown hoodie, matched with green camo pants.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021

When I pick up my once-quarterly No. 19 at Langer’s, I gaze longingly at the dining room and wonder if I’ll ever get to sit in those cushy coffee-colored booths again.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2020

Courthouse occupies one coffee-colored Mies building in the center, federal offices a second and the third, a one-story glass-and-steel pavilion, is the Loop branch of the United States Postal Service.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2019

Increased numbers are appearing in the cold streams of Maine, the lakes of Michigan and Wisconsin and the coffee-colored waters of Florida’s Suwannee River.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2019

She had a dejected look on her smooth, coffee-colored face.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore