earth color

noun

Examples of earth color in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The tribe Midianites whom Moses meets in the desert are a riot of warm and earth colors by contrast, as if someone bloodlessly blew up a Delhi fabric store and then stitched together the fragments. Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of earth color was in 1931

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“Earth color.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earth%20color. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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