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countable and uncountable, plural taupes
A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin. examples
comparative more taupe, superlative most taupe
Of a dark brownish-grey colour. quotations examples
At five o'clock the patch of daylight above the red-lighted exit door turned taupe, as though a gray curtain had been flung across it; […]
November 1915, Ben Hecht, “Life”, in The Little Review
In the front room, on an old taupe overstuffed sofa, the head of the house lay in a blanket bathrobe, […]
February 1952, Wallace Earle Stegner, “Pop Goes the Alley Cat”, in Harper's Magazine