russet

[Rus·set]

Use the word russet to describe things that are a reddish brown color, like autumn leaves or your cousin's pretty auburn hair.

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Of a reddish brown color, or (by some called) a red gray; of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal strength, but unequal proportions, namely, two parts of red to one each of blue and yellow; also, of a yellowish brown color.

Noun
a reddish brown homespun fabric

Adjective S.
brown with a reddish tinge


a.
Of a reddish brown color, or (by some called) a red gray; of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal strength, but unequal proportions, namely, two parts of red to one each of blue and yellow; also, of a yellowish brown color.

a.
Coarse; homespun; rustic.

n.
A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.

n.
Cloth or clothing of a russet color.

n.
A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color.

n.
An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.


Russet

Rus"set , a. [F. rousset, dim. of roux red, L. russus (for rudtus, rudhtus), akin to E. red. See Red, and cf. Roussette.] 1. Of a reddish brown color, or (by some called) a red gray; of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal strength, but unequal proportions, namely, two parts of red to one each of blue and yellow; also, of a yellowish brown color.
The morn, in russet mantle clad.
Our summer such a russet livery wears.
2. Coarse; homespun; rustic. [R.] Shak.

Russet

Rus"set, n. 1. A russet color; a pigment of a russet color. 2. Cloth or clothing of a russet color. 3. A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color. Dryden. 4. An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.

Of a reddish brown color, or (by some called) a red gray; of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal strength, but unequal proportions, namely, two parts of red to one each of blue and yellow; also, of a yellowish brown color.

A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.

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