Puce

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

puce
    n 1: a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Puce \Puce\, a. [F., fr. puce a flea, L. pulex, pulicis.]
   Of a dark brown or brownish purple color.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

63 Moby Thesaurus words for "puce":
      Titian, Titian-red, bricky, cardinal, carmine, carnation,
      carnelian, cerise, cherry, cherry-colored, cherry-red, crimson,
      damask, ferruginous, fiery, fire-red, flame-colored, flame-red,
      flaming, glowing, gules, hot, incarmined, inflamed, infrared,
      iron-red, lake-colored, laky, lateritious, lobster-red, lurid,
      maroon, port-wine, red, red-dyed, red-looking, reddened, reddish,
      reddish-amber, reddish-brown, rubicund, rubiginous, rubric,
      rubricose, ruby, ruby-colored, ruby-red, ruddied, ruddy, rufescent,
      rufous, rust, rust-red, rusty, scarlet, stammel, tile-red,
      vermilion, vinaceous, warm, wine, wine-colored, wine-red