mousey vs mouse-colored

mousey and mouse-colored both are adjectives.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of mousey include mouselike, mousy.

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