old rose

American  

noun

1. rose color with a purplish or grayish cast.

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old rose British  

noun

1. 1. a greyish-pink colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      old-rose gloves

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Other Word Forms

• old-rose adjective

Etymology

Origin of old rose

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Roses are tougher than you’d think — during the drought I spied many residential yards with dead lawns and an old rose bush still valiantly blooming despite neglect and lack of water.

From Los Angeles Times

He spent his lunches reading dusty rose-growing manuals in the garden’s work sheds and combing thrift stores for old rose guides.

From Los Angeles Times

Sabyasachi put together unusual color combinations in a palette of tea-dyed stains — old rose, pistachio green, pale blue — entirely his own, and styled his models with books and big glasses.

From New York Times

In the 1980s, MacKenzie was down in the Mosaic Terrace, there was still some statuary, and old rose bowers and irises were in bloom.

From Washington Post

One coat in old rose had a chic rolled-up collar that riffed on aviation attire.

From Seattle Times