mouse-colored vs mousy

mouse-colored and mousy both are adjectives.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of mouse-colored include mouselike, mousey.

mouse-colored (adjective)	mousy (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