brownish

ruskeahko, ruskehtava Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown.
1902, (w), "How the Leopard Got His Spots" in Just So Stories, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2781/2781-h/2781-h.htm

The Giraffe and the Zebra and the Eland and the Koodoo and the Hartebeest lived there; and they were 'sclusively sandy-yellow-brownish all over (..)

Two pumps stood side by side in our kitchen. One was for well water and one was a cistern pump—water from the former was hard and clear, from the cistern it was brownish and soft.