the colour of the ordinary dust of the ground, a dull light brown; hence dust-coloured adj.
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| 释义 | the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > light brown (13) dust-colour1607 the colour of the ordinary dust of the ground, a dull light brown; hence dust-coloured adj. milk chocolate1723 †(a) a drink made from chocolate and milk (obsolete); (b) a mid-brown colour like that of milk chocolate; also as adj.; (c) a sweet-tasting… café au lait1763 coffee taken with milk; white coffee; also, the colour of café au lait, a brownish cream colour. whitey-brown1858 A whitish brown colour. Now rare. biscuit1879 A warm light brown colour resembling that of a biscuit (sense A. 1b). Cf. earlier sense B. 2. rachel1880 Also with capital initial. A light tan colour (originally and chiefly as a shade of face powder). Also attributive. bisque1891 A warm light brown colour resembling that of a biscuit; = biscuit, n. 6. Cf. earlier sense B. 2. lobster bisque1895 a thick cream soup made of lobster; hence, the colour of this soup. toast-colour1898 a light brown; so toast-coloured adj. parchment1904 A cream or light beige colour resembling that of parchment. toast1922 transferred. The golden-brown colour of toast; = toast-colour n. at compounds 2. suntan1923 A light brown or golden-brown colour. Cf. tan, n.1 3a. milk coffee1972 (a) n. coffee made with milk; white coffee; (b) adj. of a light brown colour like milk coffee. |
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