oatmeal
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- noun
- /ˈoʊtˌmiːl/
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color avena
- Ancient wallpaper, the color of oatmeal, and bare wooden boards.
- oatmeal-colored
- oatmeal color
And as you can see, it's in like a kind of beigey oatmeal sort of shade.
- And as you can see, it's in like a kind of beigey oatmeal sort of shade.
- Star Trek in Motion Picture is so it's oatmeal colored uniforms on a gun metal colored ship.
- And there was, there were these little, almost like oatmeal little things that I would always peel out of the out of the oh gosh, paper wallpaper.
Examples
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The carpet was oatmeal-hued, marred by a couple of large, faded, amoeba-shaped stains.
Fiction book (1995) -
It's just this really pretty like oatmeal colored scarf.
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Some people just know how to wear oatmeal.
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Rachel came to the door wearing elegant gabardine slacks and a sweater the color of oatmeal.
Fiction book (1995) -
The walls were painted a soft oatmeal color, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere.
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She chose a dress in a lovely oatmeal hue for the summer wedding.
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The tablecloth was a light oatmeal shade, adding a neutral touch to the dining room.
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Etymology
Oatmeal the color is named after the food oatmeal because it looks like the 'natural, pale beige color of ground oats'. So calling a wall or a sweater 'oatmeal' means it has that soft, neutral beige tone.