auburn
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The Magdalene’s cascading auburn hair, which she fingers delicately, seems to have influenced the palette of the entire painting, from her glowing near-golden gown to her dull taupe scarf.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The land was auburn coloured, covered with dried stalks of recently cut corn, good fodder for hungry sheep.
From BBC • Aug. 9, 2024
“Reminded me of someone I knew back when. Except she has flaming locks of auburn hair. Bless her heart. Just a hair of a different color, but it hurts just the same.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2024
More than a half-century later, Lollobrigida still turned heads with a head full of auburn curly hair and her statuesque figure.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2023
Edmure Hilly was a stocky young man with a shaggy head of auburn hair and a fiery beard.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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