old rose

noun

rose color with a purplish or grayish cast.

Words nearby old rose

old provençal, old prussian, old red sandstone, old ritualist, old river, old rose, old russian, old saw, old saxon, old school, old school tie

Origin of old rose

First recorded in 1880–85

OTHER WORDS FROM old rose

old-rose, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for old rose

In shape the bird resembled a flamingo, and its feathers were of an old-rose color, mottled with lichen-green.
The Goddess of Atvatabar|William R. Bradshaw
It was a soft silk of an old-rose shade, and it was trimmed with creamy lace.
By the Light of the Soul|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
She wore the old-rose dressing-gown that Leonard had given Annie, and, with a little colour in her face, was quite young again.
Sons and Lovers|David Herbert Lawrence
Walking to the pretty rug of old-rose and pale green silk spread before the fire he stood upon it, facing me.
The Sign of Silence|William Le Queux

That afternoon the sun, a vast globe of molten red, sank through an old-rose sky, which slowly changed to a faint golden green.
Wild Folk|Samuel Scoville

British Dictionary definitions for old rose

old rose

noun

a greyish-pink colour
(as adjective)old-rose gloves

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