dove color

American  

[duhv] / dʌv /

noun

1. warm gray with a slight purplish or pinkish tint.

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Other Word Forms

• dove-colored
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of dove color

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

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

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)

Prettier than ever this Sunday morning, in a remarkably neat dress of dove color, a demurely coquettish hat, and a bit of cherry-colored ribbon.

From Aunt Rachel by Murray, David Christie

Timidly she spread out fanwise the dove color of her sober costume.

From Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove