old rose

rose color with a purplish or grayish cast.

Origin of old rose

First recorded in 1880–85

old-rose, adjective

In shape the bird resembled a flamingo, and its feathers were of an old-rose color, mottled with lichen-green.

The Goddess of Atvatabar |William R. Bradshaw
It was a soft silk of an old-rose shade, and it was trimmed with creamy lace.

By the Light of the Soul |Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
She wore the old-rose dressing-gown that Leonard had given Annie, and, with a little colour in her face, was quite young again.

Sons and Lovers |David Herbert Lawrence
Walking to the pretty rug of old-rose and pale green silk spread before the fire he stood upon it, facing me.

The Sign of Silence |William Le Queux

That afternoon the sun, a vast globe of molten red, sank through an old-rose sky, which slowly changed to a faint golden green.

Wild Folk |Samuel Scoville

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