earth color

noun

Examples of earth color in a Sentence

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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

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 15 Dec. 2024.

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