olive-brown
Example Sentences
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An olive brown loon’s egg with black speckles was sitting on an nest, abandoned by its parents and with no chance to hatch.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2021
The olive brown iguana on the branch is a gnarly beast, perhaps four feet long, and perfectly camouflaged.
From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2017
Females of the species are a comparatively drab olive brown.
From National Geographic • Jul. 27, 2015
When Gouldian finches first hatch "they're actually all an olive brown colour," Ms Williams told BBC Nature.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2012
A most beautiful olive brown, soft and rich, it is admirably adapted for autumnal foliage tints and the like, either alone or compounded with burnt Sienna or cadmium orange.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
