dusky-colored

Thân thiện

The artist mixes a dusky-colored paint on her palette.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having a dark color: Describes something that is colored in a dark, shadowy, or dim hue, often with a slightly grayish or muted quality.

Usage

• The adjective "dusky-colored" is used to describe the specific, often subdued, dark shade of an object. It is typically placed before a noun (attributive position) or after a linking verb like "was" or "looked" (predicative position).
• It is a compound adjective formed from "dusky" (dim, shadowy) and "colored." It is often hyphenated.

Examples

• Attributive use (before a noun):
  • The artist preferred dusky-colored pigments for the evening landscape.
  • She wore a dusky-colored scarf that matched the twilight sky.
• Predicative use (after a linking verb):
  • The old photograph had become dusky-colored with age.
  • The forest floor was dusky-colored under the thick canopy.

Advanced Usage

• Descriptive Nuance: "Dusky-colored" often implies more than just darkness; it can suggest a soft, shadowy, or not intensely vivid dark tone, like the colors seen at dusk.
  • The mountains were a dusky-colored blue in the distance.

Variants and Related Words

• Dusky (adj): Dim, shadowy, or dark in color.
  • The dusky light made it hard to see.
• Dark-colored (adj): A more general term for having a dark color.
• Somber-colored (adj): Dark and gloomy in color.

Synonyms

• Dark-hued
• Shadowy
• Muted
• Somber

Antonyms

• Light-colored
• Bright-colored
• Vivid

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having a dark color

Từ đồng nghĩa

• dark-colored
• dark-coloured
• dusky-coloured