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Christine Christie Posted 5 years ago
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Tawny

Can the adjective 'tawny' be used to describe 'skin colour'?


For instance, is it correct:


"His tawny skin gains even more colour when he stretches out on the sun."

  

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Christine Christie Can the adjective 'tawny' be used to describe 'skin colour'? it site): As a result, the mummies are covered with leathery-looking, tawny-colored skin . content=tawny+skin&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1%3B%2Ctawny%20skin%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2Ctawny%20skin%3B%2Cc0

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  • Christine Christie Can the adjective 'tawny' be used to describe 'skin colour'?
  • it site): As a result, the mummies are covered with leathery-looking, tawny-colored skin .
  • content=tawny+skin&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1%3B%2Ctawny%20skin%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2Ctawny%20skin%3B%2Cc0
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Christine ChristieCan the adjective 'tawny' be used to describe 'skin colour'?

I've come across such a sentence (in fraze.it site):

As a result, the mummies are covered with leathery-looking, tawny-colored skin.

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Christine ChristieCan the adjective 'tawny' be used to describe 'skin colour'?

I wouldn't. The color is wrong for skin. It's too yellow-orange, and we use it for lions so much that you think of fur.

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Christine ChristieCan the adjective 'tawny' be used to describe 'skin colour'?

Hmm. I wouldn't.

Christine Christiewhen he stretches out on in the sun.

If he stretches out onthe sun, he will be instantaneously fried to a crisp.

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