dove color
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
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 Elia Wilkinson Peattie
While dry the impression is of a dove color or lavender blue, which has a curious and striking effect on the greenish yellow ground of the paper produced by the saline solution.
From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Peter C. Duchochois
Lady Ruth's gown of dove color, with faint touches of blue, was effective, and she knew it.
From The Malefactor by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Even its color was elusive—a cross between brown and dove color.
From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 by Slason Thompson
There were six distinct shades of blue, besides rich velvety black, snowy white, delicate dove color, and blue-gray.
From In Nesting Time by Olive Thorne Miller
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