a. [SNUFF sb.3 1.] Of the color of snuff; brown, brownish.
Cf. snuff-colour s.v. SNUFF sb.3 4.
1787. Latham, Suppl. Gen. Syn. Birds, I. 129. Snuff-coloured Creeper…. The head, neck, and back, are of a deep cinnamon, or snuff-colour.
1803. Syd. Smith, Delphine, Wks. 1859, I. 45. A grave old gentleman, in a peruke and snuff-coloured clothes.
1860. All Year Round, No. 65. 351. A man in a high and long snuff-coloured coat.
1892. E. Reeves, Homeward Bound, 80. Dressed in deep snuff-coloured trousers and loose blouse or coat.
