dust-colored

adjective

Of a dull, pale, brownish color.

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Meanings

adjectivedust-colored (comparative more dust-colored, superlative most dust-colored)

comparative more dust-colored · superlative most dust-colored · alternative dust-coloured · alternative dustcolored · alternative dustcoloured

  1. Of a dull, pale, brownish color.

    In the weak eyes of Venus, and in every reddish dust-colored hair in his shock of hair, there was a marked distrust of Wegg and an alertness to fly at him on perceiving the smallest occasion.

    1865, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend
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APA

dust-colored. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dust-colored

MLA

“dust-colored.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dust-colored. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dust-colored,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dust-colored.

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