Meaning & use
grey-brown
Having a color that is a muted mixture of grey and brown, often used to describe dull or earthy tones.
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The old barn had faded to a grey-brown color after decades in the sun.
She wore a grey-brown coat that matched the winter landscape perfectly.
A note on using this word
Compound color adjectives like grey-brown are usually hyphenated when placed before the noun they describe.
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