snuff-colored

It was bordered on the north by snuff-colored foothills, scruffy lumps that seemed to hesitate before finally slouching toward an unremarkable mountain range.

The Hole Between Them 2009

The front of the house exhibited an ordinary manorial presentation of Elizabethan windows, mullioned and hooded, worked in rich snuff-colored freestone from local quarries.

The Woodlanders 2006

He glanced across the table at Caris, dressed in snuff-colored servant's livery and silently buttering and rebuttering a muffin which he clearly had no intention of eating.

The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988

He was a tall man, stoutish and snuff-colored, with his hair tied back in an old-fashioned queue.

The Silent Tower Hambly, Barbara 1986

He gazed at the snuff-colored carpet, his arms hanging loosely, and spoke to himself:

Maigret and the Killer Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1969

Luke's diminutive, snuff-colored beast was so overcome by the sight and feel of water that she lay down in it, with him astride, giving herself and her master the first real bath since the time that she did the same thing, in the Platte River, some three months previously.

Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Tavel to California by the Ox-team Method

His snuff-colored breeches were dripping before me -- his broad-brimmed hat floated on the current -- but his cane (thank Heaven!) had sunk forever.

The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Various

His hair, his complexion, his eyes, and even his coat, all seemed nearly of a color -- a kind of snuff-colored red.

The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886 Various

He wore a blue-checked pinafore, below which could be seen his short snuff-colored trousers and little bare feet.

Randy and Her Friends Amy Brooks

His dress was peculiar, -- a snuff-colored coat reaching to his knees, a long vest of the same color, buff breeches, and a three-cornered hat.

Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside Various