seal brown

American  

noun

1. a rich, dark brown suggestive of dressed and dyed sealskin.

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seal brown British  

noun

1. 1. a dark brown colour often with a yellowish or greyish tinge

   2. ( as adjective )

      a seal-brown dress

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Other Word Forms

• seal-brown adjective

Etymology

Origin of seal brown

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Textile designer Stephanie Seal Brown, who divides her time between Kentucky and New York, is one of a growing legion of Swedish-handloom devotees.

From The Wall Street Journal

Flat and fried a shade darker than seal brown, the falafel crackled under tooth before revealing a dense paste of chickpeas spiked with onions, parsley and cumin; my attitude quickly shifted from “I don’t know about these” to “I think I’ll have another.”

From Washington Post

In their places, Mark Bavaro, Joe Morris, Pepper Johnson and the rest of the Giants’ Over the Hill Gang would play out their golden years in seal brown and orange.

From New York Times

Above blackish; a large white spot before the eye; secondaries tipped with white; sides of neck and the throat seal brown; belly, white.

From Project Gutenberg

She was wearing a seal brown tailored suit and a light chiffon blouse.

From Project Gutenberg