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  • I was directed to the sixth-floor repair department, decorated as tastefully as any Fifth Avenue apartment, with earth-tone couches and chairs and views of the park.

    He's Come Undone Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

  • An advantage on day-glo orange, a disadvantage on earth-tone camo.

    Do scent-free detergents put a visible UV blur light on your cloths and is it visible by deer? 2009

  • An advantage on day-glo orange, a disadvantage on earth-tone camo.

    Do scent-free detergents put a visible UV blur light on your cloths and is it visible by deer? 2009

  • The Austin Pedal uses the same waterproof, earth-tone leather uppers and classic Oxford lacing as its cleat-less brother, but includes a fully recessed hole in the somewhat-stiff rubber sole for a two-bolt cleat.

    Clothesline: Keen Austin Pedal shoes 2010

  • Kurt Wilberding/The Wall Street Journal Charlotte Ronson pairs a sheer silk blouse with with a folksy earth-tone pattern with an austere sweater vest and wool slacks.

    Charlotte Ronson Says Kids Are Alright 2011

  • The artistic forerunner of this latest generation of American studio potters was Edith Heath, whose earth-tone Coupe line, designed in 1948, epitomizes the crafty side of modernist ceramics.

    Anything but Plain White Shax Riegler 2011

  • The toys come packaged in earth-tone colored boxes that bear a special "R" seal.

    21 posts from April 2008 2008

  • The summer sun was setting, painting the earth-tone structures of Istanbul with firelike colors, the odor of scorched lamb wafting in through the open windows from the street vendors in the world below.

    The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

  • The summer sun was setting, painting the earth-tone structures of Istanbul with firelike colors, the odor of scorched lamb wafting in through the open windows from the street vendors in the world below.

    The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

  • Its earth-tone painted colors gave it somewhat of a low profile.

    Respect The Jux Frank C. Matthews 2010

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