dove color
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of dove color
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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It was a pretty hand, delicately gloved in dove color.
From A Mountain Woman by Peattie, Elia Wilkinson
Lady Ruth's gown of dove color, with faint touches of blue, was effective, and she knew it.
From The Malefactor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
The harbor was now as calm as a pond, except for the pink and dove color running vaporously on the back of a long swell from the south.
From The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
Even its color was elusive—a cross between brown and dove color.
From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 by Thompson, Slason
There were six distinct shades of blue, besides rich velvety black, snowy white, delicate dove color, and blue-gray.
From In Nesting Time by Miller, Olive Thorne
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