stone-color

And now, my dear boys and girls, I think I perceive behind that dark scene of the back-kitchen (which is just a simple flat, painted stone-color, that shifts in a minute,) bright streaks of light flashing out, as though they were preparing a most brilliant, gorgeous, and altogether dazzling illumination, with effects never before attempted on any stage.

Burlesques 2006

"Well, John, you know Uncle James says that a stone-color is the best, -- but I can't bear those cold blue grays."

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 Various

"What is that?" he calmly asked, looking with attention at the horizontal lines of black and stone-color.

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 Charles Dudley Warner 1864

A small lofty room, with its window wide open, and the wooden jalousie-blinds closed, so that the dark night only showed in slight horizontal lines of black, alternating with their broad lines of stone-color.

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 Charles Dudley Warner 1864

"O, that 's because you always dress in stone-color and drab," said Nina, as she stood brushing and arranging her curls.

Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. Vol. I 1856

And now, my dear boys and girls, I think I perceive behind that dark scene of the back-kitchen (which is just a simple flat, painted stone-color, that shifts in a minute,) bright streaks of light flashing out, as though they were preparing a most brilliant, gorgeous, and altogether dazzling illumination, with effects never before attempted on any stage.

Rebecca and Rowena; a romance upon romance 1850

I will be overjoyed to once more see the noble Raymond, the last of knight-errants, doubtless occupied in painting in stone-color some old manor where Queen Blanche has left traditions of the course of true love.

The Cross of Berny Jules Sandeau 1847

Coloring matter can be added to both, making a light stone-color, a cream-color, or a light buff, which are most suitable for buildings.

A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Catharine Esther Beecher 1839

And now, my dear boys and girls, I think I perceive behind that dark scene of the back-kitchen (which is just a simple flat, painted stone-color, that shifts in a minute,) bright streaks of light flashing out, as though they were preparing a most brilliant, gorgeous, and altogether dazzling illumination, with effects never before attempted on any stage.

Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

And the eye, thus spoiled by excitement, prefers red or white to the stone-color, or the browns, which would harmonize with other hues.

Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. Margaret Fuller 1830