mummy brown
/ˈmʌmi braʊn/
noun
- A dark brown pigment originally made from ground-up mummies, now used to refer to a similar color.
- The artist used mummy-brown to paint the shadows in the portrait.
- Modern mummy-brown is made from a mix of iron oxides and clay, not actual mummies.
- Mummy-brown was a popular color in 19th-century paintings.
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adjective
- Having a dark brown color like that of the pigment mummy-brown.
- The leather sofa was a rich mummy-brown that matched the rustic decor.
- She painted the old wooden frame a mummy-brown shade.
- His coat was a dull mummy-brown, stained from years of wear.
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