mouse-colored vs mousey

mouse-colored and mousey both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mouse-colored	No	Yes	No	No
mousey	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, mouse-colored and mousey are synonyms defined as:

mouse-colored and mousey: of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse

Other synonyms of mouse-colored include mouselike, mousy.

mouse-colored (adjective)	mousey (adjective)
of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse	infested with mice
	of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse
	quiet and timid and ineffectual