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Meanings of red-brown in English

Of brown tinged with red.

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Examples for "reddish-brown"
1
The females of both species are clad in the same reddish-brown suits.
Wake-Robin
2
Larks and finches were busily searching for seeds in the reddish-brown soil.
Afoot in England
3
It turns reddish-brown and becomes yellow again with hydrochloric acid-turmeric; 2.
Forty Centuries of Ink / Or, A chronological narrative concernin...
4
For the most part, however, the reddish-brown of sandstone was the same.
Accidentally the sheikh's wife
5
He could distinguish her gray figure in relief against the reddish-brown wall.
The Rim of the Desert
1
There was no name plate on that mahogany-red door; there didn't need to be.
A Spaceship Named McGuire
2
A splendid French version of Alsatian Münster spiked with caraway, in flattish cylinders with mahogany-red coating.
The Complete Book of Cheese
3
A dark mahogany-red stained his face to the forehead and he looked at Chrystie with a lowering challenge.
Treasure and Trouble Therewith: A Tale of California
Usage of red-brown in English
1
The red-brown of the tapestries showed to better advantage than by daylight.
Catherine De Medici
2
He looked into her face with a smile in his red-brown eyes.
Charles Rex
3
Damaris rose from the pile of red-brown fishing-nets and waved to him.
Deadham Hard: A Romance
4
The kind, red-brown eyes seemed to search into his soul and understand.
The Witness
5
On a white stone just by it there were some red-brown spots.
A Maid of the Silver Sea
6
The entire scene was bathed red and red-brown in the elongated shadows.
Broken Circle
7
It was red-brown, with a round curly pate and one white leg.
Adventures in Contentment
8
Her red-brown hair tumbled about her face and festooned her statuesque shoulders.
The Precipice: A Novel
9
Using a flathead screwdriver, he loosened red-brown flakes and gathered them up.
Exposure
10
He looked at my excited face with those red-brown eyes of his.
The New Machiavelli
11
The eggs, generally three, are blue, spotted and lined with deep red-brown.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
12
She had lovely red-brown hair and sapphire eyes, and above all, soul.
The Cloister and the Hearth
13
A tall figure with red-brown hair stepped from behind a gnarled cedar.
Thief of lives
14
He was broad-shouldered and clean-shaven, his red-brown hair tucked behind his ears.
Thief of lives
15
A red-brown stain had spread over its face and into the headrest.
Another life
16
I am glad you have all that bright red-brown on your cheeks!'
Heartsease; Or, The Brother's Wife
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