sunkissed vs tawny

sunkissed

adj
  • Rendered warm or brown due to exposure from the sun 

  • Sunny (exposed to a high amount of sunlight) 

  • Having an attractive appearance from recent sun exposure, i.e. a slight tan, often a slight sunburn, and a radiant glow 

  • Pertaining to a person of the black race 

tawny

adj
  • Of a light brown to brownish orange colour. 

noun
  • Synonym of tenné (“a rarely-used tincture of orange or bright brown”) 

  • In full tawny port: a sweet, fortified port wine which is blended and matured in wooden casks. 

  • Tawny owl. 

  • Tawny frogmouth. 

  • The common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula). 

  • A light brown to brownish orange colour. 

  • Something of a light brown or brownish orange colour (particularly if it has the word tawny in its name). 

verb
  • To become a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn. 

  • To cause (someone or something) to have a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn. 

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