dove color
[ duhv ]
noun
warm gray with a slight purplish or pinkish tint.
Origin of dove color
1First recorded in 1590–1600
Other words from dove color
- dove-colored, adjective
Words Nearby dove color
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How to use dove color in a sentence
The former resembled the common barn-pigeon exactly, but are in fact gulls of beautiful and varied colors, mostly dove-color.
The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete | William T. ShermanEven its color was elusive—a cross between brown and dove color.
Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions | Slason ThompsonGentle little Quakers they seem in the daintiest of dove-color plumage.
Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road | Katharine Lee BatesTimidly she spread out fanwise the dove color of her sober costume.
Bransford of Rainbow Range | Eugene Manlove RhodesLady Ruth's gown of dove color, with faint touches of blue, was effective, and she knew it.
The Malefactor | E. Phillips Oppenheim
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