taupe

noun

1. a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.

noun

1. 1. a brownish-grey colour
   2. (as adjective)a taupe coat

n.1880s, “a mole,” later (1911) “dark brownish-gray color” (the color of moleskin), from French taupe, the color, originally “a mole,” from Latin talpa “a mole.”