Snuff-colour (Noun)
Meaning
Dark yellowish brown.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The worn leather saddle had a snuff-colour finish that spoke of years of hard use.
- The interior designer chose a snuff-colour wallpaper to add warmth to the living room.
- Her grandmother's old, antique wooden dresser had a beautiful snuff-colour patina.
- The dry, cracked earth in the garden was a dull snuff-colour, crying out for rain.
- The antique dealer carefully polished the snuff-colour leather binding on the rare old book.