taupe

Molly’s boyfriend was at his job, working construction, while the sisters sat beside each other on a worn taupe couch.

The tailoring focused on shades of black, olive, gray, and taupe.

Merimee says of George Sand that he has known her "maigre comme un clou et noire comme une taupe."

At the doors a taupe-colored dusk and a cold November rain closed round her like a wet blanket.