puce.

A dark brownish or purplish red-brown color.

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Words that belong together

• a puce ribbon
• a shade of puce

On the page

The puce ribbon looked almost brown until it caught the light.

She described the upholstery as puce rather than simply dark red.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Usually uncountable color name; plural puces for distinct shades. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.