honey
- adjective
- /ˈhʌni/
- The walls of the room were painted a soft honey color, creating a warm atmosphere.
My two favorite shades are Honey Beige and pinky brown.
- My two favorite shades are Honey Beige and pinky brown.
- And then we have the honey eyed, Honey Eyed, honeyed.
- I have the shade Divine Bronzer Burnished Honey, which is an interesting shade.
Examples
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We're going to do the like honey blonde, warm brown, light brown.
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I think it was like honey beige or light honey.
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Like I said, she looks red honey, very orange.
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This is in the shade medium tan honey and I also got the brush.
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I actually mixed the like honey tan color and the plum.
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This is medium tan honey in the matte version.
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It is like a honey vanilla bourbon.
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She chose a honey shade for her hair that complemented her skin tone beautifully.
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The sunset cast a honey glow over the city, making everything appear golden.
Synonyms
A color that is yellowish brown like honey
A thing that has the colour, feel, or taste of honey
Idioms
A humorous way to say you find a woman extremely attractive
- Informal
Say nice words you do not mean to get something from someone
Compounds
- Specialized
A honey bee bred from African and European bees that is very aggressive and spreads across the Americas
- Indian
A strong, fierce mammal from Africa and southern Asia that hunts at night and breaks into beehives
- US
A tall North American tree with long twisted seed pods and hard reddish-brown wood
A form of honey in which part of the sugar has formed small crystals, making it thick or solid
A plant that lives for many years with bright yellow flowers that attract bees and butterflies
- US
An animal from tropical America that lives in trees and uses its long tail to hold branches while eating fruit
- South African
A small African shrub with long hanging stems and yellow flowers that smell sweet
An edible mushroom with honey-colored caps that grows at tree bases and must be cooked before eating
- Specialized
A very large fungus made of connected underground parts that spreads and kills trees
- Specialized
A small part of a plant or animal that makes a sweet liquid to attract insects like bees
- Indian
A small African and Asian bird that eats honey and wax from bees and leads people to bee nests
A thorny small tree with deep roots that makes sweet pods eaten by farm animals
A honey-colored edible mushroom that grows near tree roots in late summer and autumn and must be cooked before eating
- Australian
An Australian shrub with groups of sweet flowers that attract bees and birds
Dark sweet spread made by bees from sticky drops on leaves with a strong rich taste
A thorny small tree with deep roots that grows in dry areas and has sweet pods used as animal feed
How Golden
Surface Forms
Etymology
Honey for a light golden brown comes from the warm color of real honey, the yellow-brown liquid bees make. So a 'honey' colour means that same warm, golden-brown shade.