In all parts of the world these stripes occur far oftenest in duns and mouse-duns; by the term dun a large range of colour is included, from one between brown and black to a close approach to cream colour.

在世界各地， 这些条纹最常见于暗褐色和鼠褐色；术语 dun 包含了很大范围的颜色， 从介于棕色和黑色之间的颜色到接近奶油色的颜色。

One bitter cold day near Christmastime the tailor began to make a coat—a coat of cherry-coloured corded silk embroidered with pansies and roses, and a cream coloured satin waistcoat—trimmed with gauze and green worsted chenille—for the Mayor of Gloucester.

圣诞节前夕的一个寒冷的日子里，裁缝开始为格洛斯特市长制作一件外套——一件绣有三色紫罗兰和玫瑰的樱桃色绳纹丝绸外套，以及一件奶油色缎背心——饰有薄纱和绿色精纺雪尼尔绒。