as in blond
of a pale yellow or yellowish brown color
the tawny coat of a lion
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This is a soft, warm, tawny nude pink that is designed to suit everyone (there’s also Pillow Talk Medium for olive skin tones and Pillow Talk Intense, which enhances darker tones).
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Esther Newman, refinery29.com, 29 Jan. 2024
The last in the series is the oldest, a 43-year-old whisky finished in a 1952 single harvest tawny port cask and bottled at 41.8 percent ABV.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2024
The interiors are also a design aficionado’s dream, with everything from emerald green Gio Ponti chairs to a tawny De Sede couch.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2024
Giant panes of glass, skylights, tawny wood siding.
—Sandra Upson, WIRED, 25 July 2024
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Esther Newman, refinery29.com, 29 Jan. 2024
The last in the series is the oldest, a 43-year-old whisky finished in a 1952 single harvest tawny port cask and bottled at 41.8 percent ABV.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2024
The interiors are also a design aficionado’s dream, with everything from emerald green Gio Ponti chairs to a tawny De Sede couch.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2024
Giant panes of glass, skylights, tawny wood siding.
—Sandra Upson, WIRED, 25 July 2024
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“Tawny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tawny. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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