red-brown


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Adj.1.red-brown - of brown tinged with red
chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
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There is a remnant still of last year's golden clusters of beehive-ricks rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows; and everywhere the hedgerows are studded with trees; the distant ships seem to be lifting their masts and stretching their red-brown sails close among the branches of the spreading ash.
Later there had been the stroll down to the field in the shade of the waning afternoon, to find out what time the men would be in for supper; and the sheer delight of breathing in the pungent smell of the straw as it came flying from the funnel, looking, with the sinking sun shining through it, like a million bees swarming from a hive, while the red-brown grain gushed, a lush stream, into the waiting wagon.
It belonged to a red-haired person - a youth of fifteen, as I take it now, but looking much older - whose hair was cropped as close as the closest stubble; who had hardly any eyebrows, and no eyelashes, and eyes of a red-brown, so unsheltered and unshaded, that I remember wondering how he went to sleep.
For a spasm Flambeau saw the fierce, red-brown eyes dancing, then they were covered with a pair of blue spectacles.
After a few days, a red-brown rash appears on the head or neck and spreads to the rest of the body.
Then, the shadow begins to "cover" part of the Moon, turning it a dark red-brown color or other color.
The red-brown henna paste is made from ground leaves of the henna plant.
Designed in 1900, the neighborhood landmark is reminiscent of a grand Dutch Canal House with a stepped gable, arched windows and red-brown brickwork offset by white stucco ornaments.
Tree sparrows are smaller and shyer than house sparrows, and have red-brown crowns and black and white cheeks.
Zest is red-brown in colour and pours with a large, foamy white head.
It has red-brown head, neck, and breast with dark brown streaks.