From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishduskydusk‧y /ˈdʌski/ adjective CCDARKdark or not very bright in colour The room was filled with dusky shadows.dusky pink/orange/blue etc a dusky pink room
Examples from the Corpus
dusky• By 8: 25 it is quite dusky, and the hermit thrushes are just coming into stride.• I stood in the middle of the dusky field and let Janir slump against my back.• Rachel's skin turned dusky gold.• Reese is in Hawaii, chasing maidens of dusky hue.• a dusky museum• The only faces that greeted them belonged to sundry dead abbots glaring down from dusky oil paintings.• On day 6 the ileostomy became dusky red and biopsy revealed early cellular rejection without loss of epithelium.• The dusky salamander lives in the southern Appalachian Mountains, and likes to stay at home.• A long-tailed, hawk-like bird emerged from the trees, dusky shape in the gloom.dusky pink/orange/blue etc• The shimmering dusky pink of a poppy field under a dawn sky.• She looked so beautiful in a dusky pink outfit. 