Ash color

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Historical Examples

It is bell-shaped, becoming broadly open like a trumpet, and of a slate or ash color.
Among the Mushrooms Ellen M. Dallas and Caroline A. Burgin

The color of this insect is a mixture of ash color and white.
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom P. L. Simmonds

In Germany it is called asche, from its gray or ash color in the water.
Favorite Fish and Fishing James Alexander Henshall

Nest and Eggs—Nest a crude affair on the ground, containing four eggs of an ash color, mottled with a dead brown.
Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast Harry Thom Payne

Its water is always turbid, being of a muddy, ash color, though more so at its periodical rise than at other times.
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West J. M. Peck

In time the red-colored mass assumed an ash color, when it was collected on a filter and dried.
James Cutbush Edgar F. Smith

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