The paint is thick, almost recklessly applied, gloriously messy and richly hued from blue-green to brown to tan to yellowy white.

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He wore a tan caftan and a white turban.

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The hair may be yellow, auburn, ginger or red, the eyes can be blue-gray or tan, and the skin is white at birth.

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The thief also stole cash and a debit card, a tan purse, a small square white cigarette box decorated with flowers, and a lighter.

BBC: Box of ashes

Just a minute, I thought, having found a pair of white-and-tan wingtips, not my style at all, but they seemed in the moonlight to be right out of a store window and close to my size.

NEWYORKER: Wakefield

Vaughn is in his 60s, with silver hair that hangs below his shoulders, a wiry white goatee, a slight, tan frame on which hangs naught but muscle, and squint-lines trenched around clear, pale blue eyes.

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Meerschaum starts out white, then blushes pink, turns tan, and deepens into shades of brown.

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Her snow boots kicked off, the petite 33-year-old expert on the Internet and youth is wearing a loose tan sweater, dangly silver jewelry and a trademark fuzzy hat that resembles the ears of a white Pomeranian puppy.

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