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grayish brown

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Noun1.grayish brown - a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun"
fawn, greyish brown, dun
light brown - a brown that is light but unsaturated


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Grayish brown veins outline patches of a color that is either violet or magenta or something in between, depending on how the light strikes Strobilanthus leaves at any particular moment.
IN THE GARDEN THE MANY CHARMS OF 'PERSIAN SHIELD' by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Then, grayish brown against the usual gray-blue haze, the steep hillsides and canyons fill in, and at about five miles out you may see the first signs of human development -- typically, the huge, cylindrical Casino, signature structure of Avalon, larger of the island's two communities.
Catalina. (Destination) by Gibbs, Tony / BOAT/U.S. Magazine
Geese honk to locate a mate, ants leave a scent trail for other ants to follow, the stickleback fish changes from grayish brown to blue with a red belly when it wants to attract a mate, and other deep-sea fish "light up" to lure mates - or prey.
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