It was not black, like the prairies and bottoms of Illinois and Kansas, but of a light yellow snuff-color, and deemed sterile by many.

You perhaps set down in your mental memorandum, under the head of Appearances, not to be deceived by plain bluntness and snuff-color.

Once he rejoiced in snuff-color, but latterly his costume was inveterately black—with gaiters which seemed longing for something more substantial to close in.