dove color

[ duhv ]

noun

1. warm gray with a slight purplish or pinkish tint.

Other Words From

• dove-colored adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dove color¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

The former resembled the common barn-pigeon exactly, but are in fact gulls of beautiful and varied colors, mostly dove-color.

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Even its color was elusive—a cross between brown and dove color.

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Gentle little Quakers they seem in the daintiest of dove-color plumage.

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Timidly she spread out fanwise the dove color of her sober costume.

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Lady Ruth's gown of dove color, with faint touches of blue, was effective, and she knew it.

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