dusty rose

noun

A light, puce-like greyish pink color, like a rose covered in dust.

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Meanings

noundusty rose (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA light, puce-like greyish pink color, like a rose covered in dust.

    The sun was setting, and the Eiffel Tower was a dusty rose in the distance.

    2014, Harper Lin, Croissant Murder, unnumbered page
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    His heart leaped when he saw how fetching she looked in her afternoon dress, silk chiffon with pleated sleeves, in a becoming shade of dusty rose.

    1999, John Jakes, American Dreams, page 80

    She'd locked the door of her Old Hollywood-inspired office, decorated in dusty rose and high-gloss white, […]

    2009, Bridie Clark, The Overnight Socialite, page 138
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