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Color options consist of black with red or gray contrast stitching, black/saddle brown, black/white, black/bengal red, black/classic red, espresso/magma gray, macchiato beige/magma gray, titian red/macchiato beige, and titanium gray/black.
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Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 15 Jan. 2018
At once absurd and solemn, it is rendered in big splintery brush strokes of gorgeous colors on a patchwork collage of gold and blue velvet (the blue resembles an overheated Titian sky).
—Roberta Smith, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2017
My first choice for another name would have been Nancy, as in my hero, Titian-haired amateur sleuth Nancy Drew.
—Angela Hill, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2017
Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 15 Jan. 2018
At once absurd and solemn, it is rendered in big splintery brush strokes of gorgeous colors on a patchwork collage of gold and blue velvet (the blue resembles an overheated Titian sky).
—Roberta Smith, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2017
My first choice for another name would have been Nancy, as in my hero, Titian-haired amateur sleuth Nancy Drew.
—Angela Hill, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2017
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Etymology
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)
First Known Use
1892, in the meaning defined above
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“Titian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/titian. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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