Definition of "mouse-colored" [mouse-colored]

• Having the gray color of a mouse, or a color somewhat similar; dark-gray with a yellowish tinge, the color of the common mouse.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "He crashed on his face, his hat still on his head, the mouse-colored hair at the nape of his neck showing below it in an untidy curl."
• "Booted feet stuck out from beneath long, mouse-colored robes."
• "The gold dragon grumbled, opened one golden eye, stared at the old man (seeing only a mouse-colored blur), and calmly shut his eye again."