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  • No-one who's been exposed to the Australian sun is "white", cauucasians are all various shades of light brown-pink.

    Cultural Meaning and Meaninglessness Zoe Brain 2006

  • Set with a pear-shaped light brown-pink diamond, weighing approximately 2.94 carats, within a pavé-set diamond oval plaque, to the diamond-set hoop, mounted in platinum and 18k gold.

    Courtesy of Christie’s Colored diamond... 2006

  • No-one who's been exposed to the Australian sun is "white", cauucasians are all various shades of light brown-pink.

    Archive 2006-02-01 Zoe Brain 2006

  • The effects produced by the seed-ears of the long grass round us are very beautiful; they look a golden brown, and each ear and leaf is gemmed with dewdrops, and those of the grass on the sides of the hillocks at a little distance off show a soft brown-pink.

    Travels in West Africa 2003

  • Many of the highest trees are covered with clusters of brown-pink young shoots that look like flowers, and others are decorated by my old enemy the climbing palm, now bearing clusters of bright crimson berries.

    Travels in West Africa 2003

  • As the season advances and the sun beats more and more fiercely on the trees, the bark deepens in colour into red and brown, and deep brown-pink.

    Peeps At Many Lands: Australia Frank Fox 1917

  • But even so, if I must have a sunset glow of brown-pink, herb-willow gives it me.

    Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution Maurice Hewlett 1892

  • Langham looked at her, at the daring harmony of color made by the reddish gold of her hair, the warm whiteness of her skin, and the brown-pink tints of her dress, at the crystals playing the part of diamonds on her beautiful neck, and remembered Robert's remarks to him.

    Robert Elsmere Humphry Ward 1885

  • Langham looked at her, at the daring harmony of colour made by the reddish gold of her hair, the warm whiteness of her skin, and the brown-pink tints of her dress, at the crystals playing the part of diamonds on her beautiful neck, and remembered Robert's remarks to him.

    Robert Elsmere Humphry Ward 1885

  • Not only does this forest depend on flowers for its illumination, for there are many kinds of trees having their young shoots, crimson, brown-pink, and creamy yellow: added to this there is also the relieving aspect of the prevailing fashion among West

    Travels in West Africa Mary H. Kingsley 1881

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