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Definition of Snuff-color
1. Noun. Dark yellowish brown.
Generic synonyms: Buff, Caramel, Caramel Brown, Raw Sienna, Yellowish Brown
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snuff-color
Literary usage of Snuff-color
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report on the Geological Survey of the State of Iowa: To the Thirteenth by Iowa Geological Survey, Charles Abiathar White, Theodore Sutton Parvin, Orestes Henry St. John, Rush Emery (1870)
"Snuff color; very slightly compressible with fingers: has a rather earthy ...
Is of a snuff color; quite compact; largely composed of fibrous matter; ..."
2. Report on the Geological Survey of the State of Iowa, to the Thirteenth by Iowa Geological Survey, Charles Abiathar White (1870)
"Snuff color; very slightly compressible with fingers; has a rather earthy structure;
... Is of a snuff color; quite compact; largely composed of fibrous ..."
3. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"Red, yellow, and gray, (which is a gradation of black,) give the dead-leaf tint,
as well as dark orange, snuff' color, &c. Red, blue, and gray, ..."
4. The Artizans' Guide and Everybody's Assistant: Containing Over Three by Richard Moore (1873)
"Snuff Color.—Yellow, sienna, and red. allowing the pearl to form the body of the
flower or leaf, and shade up all nicely. PRUSSIAN BLUB.—1st. ..."
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