dove color
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of dove color
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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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 Duchochois, Peter C.
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
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
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)
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