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dove color

[ duhv ]

noun

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


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Other Words From

  • dove-colored adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dove color1

First recorded in 1590–1600
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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