The tower, almost the same drab shade as the clouds, climbed up like a great fist out of the depths.

The costumes, uncredited, were exquisite despite their drab shades of brown.

Until Lan, a tall man in drab shades of green, strode over and hauled him out again by his belt.

The minimal furnishings were in drab shades of beige and gray.

All consisted of drab shades of gray and brown; dismal, muddy colors.

The carpeting, which I recalled as being forest green, was, now, some drab shade in between dull green and black.

Her hair was exactly the proper drab shade of brown and ill-kept.

Cloth was dyed in mulberry juice which gave a yellowish drab shade.

It had been painted over with a drab Government-issue shade of beige.

It is so called because the color is the drab shade of gray used for battleship camouflage.