Definition of Tawny
an orange-brown or yellowish-brown color
Examples of Tawny in a sentence
Dirty water is often a very unpleasant tawny color that is reminiscent of a muddy orange. 🔊
The muddy rag used to be white but now it was stained an ugly tawny color that was brown and yellow. 🔊
If you mix too many different paint colors together you will just get a tawny color that is brownish yellow. 🔊
A paper towel will become tawny if it is used to wipe up dirty water, making it brown instead of white. 🔊
Mud will make a bright orange short a tawny brown, something that is very unpleasant and difficult to wash out. 🔊
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