Shade from the Latin for "mole" (5)

I believe the answer is:

taupe

(Other definitions for taupe that I've seen before include "colour of moleskin" , "Grey tinged with brown" , "Grey-brown colour" , "Brownish-grey colour" , "shade" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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