A brownish gray, similar to the color of moleskin.
[From French taupe (mole), from Latin talpa.]
Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=taupe
"Like those of us doomed to repeat history, women seem to buy the same item over and over again. The Buffer's small point of information 'You've already got a top just like that' is rebuffed with: 'No, the old one (relative term, here) is taupe. The new one is ecru*.'" Tom Shields; Men's Place is Secondary in Any Battle of the Wardrobe; Sunday Herald (Glasgow, UK); Sep 4, 2005.*ecru: pale brown, like raw silk or unbleached linen; beige. [From French écru (raw, unbleached).]
This week's theme: words for colors.
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