biscotti colors

Literary analysis:

The examples provided do not actually use "biscotti" as a color adjective. Rather, in [1] the term refers to a type of edible sustenance carried by boatmen-guides, and in [2] and [3] it appears in product-style listings—classifying biscuits by texture as "soft" and "crisp." Although the name "biscotti" might evoke the image of a warm, beige hue in a different context, none of these instances employ it to describe a color in the literary sense.

The boatmen-guides, providing for such emergencies, carry with them a certain quantity {223} of biscotti with which to sustain their victims.
— from Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
184 SOFT BISCUITS (Biscotti teneri)
— from The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well; Practical Recipes of the Italian Cuisine, Pastries, Sweets, Frozen Delicacies, and Syrups by Maria Gentile
183 CRISP BISCUITS (Biscotti croccanti)
— from The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well; Practical Recipes of the Italian Cuisine, Pastries, Sweets, Frozen Delicacies, and Syrups by Maria Gentile

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