straw
1
1.3
- noun
- /strɔ/
- straw-colored
Examples
-
I was a beanpole boy, and my hair was the color of wet straw.
Fiction book (1998) -
Her hair was silky, straw-colored, its color made more dramatic by the backdrop of the black dress.
Fiction book (1997) -
The pale model wore a straw hat and Lolita sunglasses.
Fiction book (1993) -
Marianne peers back into her kind face, glowing beneath a fuchsia straw hat.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Yes?" The receptionist was a sulky-looking girl, with fat pink lips and frizzy straw-colored hair.
Fiction book (1990) -
The wall was painted a beautiful shade of straw yellow, bringing warmth to the room.
-
She picked a straw colored scarf to match her summer dress for the picnic.
-
The artist chose a straw hue to depict the golden fields in her painting.
Synonyms
6
1.0
A light yellow colour that looks soft and not bright
3
7.5
Pale yellow hair like dry straw
1
2.7
A pale yellow color like dry straw
1
4.0
Having the look and feel of dried straw
1
5.3
A pale yellowish brown color like ripe wheat
Idioms
Compounds
2
1.0
A thin tube often made of plastic or paper that you use to suck a drink into your mouth
- Jargon
1
8.2
A person who appears to own things but hides the real owner often for illegal acts
- Indian
1
5.3
A small mushroom you can eat with a white cap and long stem used in Asian cooking
How Yellow
Surface Forms
Etymology
The color straw is named after the dry stalks and means a 'pale yellow' like sun-dried fields or a young white wine. So straw as a color describes that light yellow shade.