A deep red to dark grayish purple.
[French (couleur) puce, flea (color), puce, from Old French, variant of pulce, flea, from Latin pūlex, pūlic-.]
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puce (pyūs) ![]() |
A deep red to dark grayish purple.
[French (couleur) puce, flea (color), puce, from Old French, variant of pulce, flea, from Latin pūlex, pūlic-.]
puce puce adj.| WordNet: puce |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red
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| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (204, 136, 153) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (345°, 33%, 80%) |
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Puce (often misspelled as "puse","peuse" or "peuce") is a color that is defined as ranging from reddish-brown to purplish-brown, with the latter being the more widely-accepted definition found in reputable sources. Puce is a shade of red. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) dates the use of "puce" (in couleur puce) from 1787. The word comes from French; puce literally means "flea", as the usual flea coloration is either dark reddish-brown or dark purplish-brown.
According to available sources, the etymology of "puce" is French "puce" from Old French "pulce", from Latin "pūlic-", "pūlex".
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| Alizarin | Amaranth | Burgundy | Cardinal | Carmine | Carnelian | Cerise | Chestnut | Coral red | Crimson |
| Dark pink | Falu red | Fire engine red | Fuchsia | Magenta | Maroon | Mauve taupe | Orange-red | Persian red | Pink |
| Persimmon | Red | Red-violet | Rose | Rose madder | Ruby | Rust | Puce | Sangria | Scarlet |
| Terra cotta | Upsdell red | Venetian red | Vermilion | ||||||
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| Translations: Puce |
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - rødbrun, blommefarvet
n. - rødbrun farve
Nederlands (Dutch)
donkerbruin
Français (French)
adj. - rouge brun, cramoisi
n. - rouge brun
Deutsch (German)
n. - Flohbraun
adj. - flohbraun
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καστανέρυθρο (χρώμα)
adj. - καστανέρυθρος
Italiano (Italian)
colore pulce, di colore pulce
Português (Portuguese)
n. - marrom avermelhado (m)
adj. - roxo
Русский (Russian)
красновато-ко- ричневый
Español (Spanish)
adj. - de color pardo rojizo
n. - pardo rojizo
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rödbrunt
adj. - rödbrun
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
深褐色的, 深褐色
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 深褐色的
n. - 深褐色
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 암갈색의
n. - 암갈색
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 暗褐色
adj. - 暗褐色の
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) لون بني (صفه) بني اللون
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - אדום כהה, חום-ארגמן
n. - צבע אדום כהה או חום-ארגמן
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