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wheat

wheat

12 1.0
A pale yellow color like dry grain
  • noun
  • /wiːt/
translation icon : color trigo
  • Your hair is like a field of wheat because it's so blonde.

OK, next I'm going to go in and contour using my Bubby brown eyeshadow in wheat just to enhance the features a bit more.

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Examples

  • Her skin, the color of freshly harvested wheat.

  • Her dress was a beautiful wheat color, reminiscent of ripe grains in the sun.

  • It is the color of wheat on a summer's day.

  • Aspens on fire, glowing yellow, tall grass, the color of wheat, swaying in the breeze.

    Blog text (5)
  • A full moon silvered the oaks, the wheat-stubbled field, the tenant house where I glimpsed a shape.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The artist chose a shade of wheat for the walls to create a warm and inviting atmosphere.

  • The sunset painted the sky in soft wheat tones, providing a calming end to the day.

Synonyms

straw
vswheat
33 1.3

A pale yellow color like dry stalks of grain

focuses on the pale or dull hue of grain kernels
pale yellow
vswheat
4 1.0

A light yellow colour that looks soft and not bright

describes a similar pale or dull hue found naturally in grain
maize
vswheat
1 5.3

A strong yellow color like ripe corn

is a paler, duller yellow rather than a vivid bright shade

Idioms

To pick out useful people or things from those that are not

Compounds

22 2.8

Made from wheat that keeps all parts of the grain, like bran and germ

7 1.4

A field where wheat grows

4 1.0

Powder from wheat used for baking and cooking

A type of bread made from the whole wheat grain that is denser and healthier than white bread

Powder made from whole wheat used for baking bread

1 3.4

Small part inside a wheat grain that you eat for vitamins and minerals

1 5.3

The whole grain of wheat that you can cook or grind into flour

1 3.4

A wheat protein used to make seitan and to give dough a chewy, stretchy texture

1 3.9

A grain made from wheat that is partly cooked, dried and crushed

1 3.9

A hard type of wheat with dark grains used to make pasta and some breads

hard wheat
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A grain with hard, dark seeds used to make bread and pasta

1 3.7

A light pale beer made with a lot of wheat, often cloudy and fizzy

wheat-grass
  • Specialized
1 5.1

A green grass grown for health drinks, animal food, and to stop soil erosion

A grain plant that people grow widely for flour used in bread and pasta

9.9

A wild plant that grows in woods and meadows with small yellow flowers

Wheat grains crushed into small pieces used in cooking

Bread made with small pieces of wheat that make it coarse and nutty

crested wheat grass
  • Specialized
7.4

A grass from Eurasia that farmers grow for animal feed and to stop soil erosion

8.8

A grass from Europe and Asia grown on dry plains to feed animals and stop soil washing away

A hard type of wheat with dark grains used to make pasta and bread

Grains of wheat that swell when you heat them and people eat for breakfast

soft wheat
  • Specialized
3.0

A type of wheat with soft kernels used for cakes and cookies

starch wheat
  • Specialized
8.8

A hard red wheat that farmers grow mainly to feed animals

wheat eelworm
  • Specialized
9.9

A small round worm that lives on wheat plants and damages them

wheat eel
  • Specialized
9.9

A small worm that lives in wheat plants and damages the crop

wheat flag smut
  • Specialized
8.6

Plant disease that attacks wheat leaves and stems, causing dark streaks and lower crop yields

wheat future
  • Specialized
7.1

A contract to buy or sell wheat at a fixed price on a future date

wheat rust
  • Specialized
5.3

A disease caused by a fungus that makes reddish or brown spots on wheat leaves and stems and reduces harvest

wheat scab
  • Specialized
6.8

A disease that attacks wheat heads, damages grain, and lowers yield

A plant that grows naturally without farming and is the ancestor of wheat grown on farms

How Yellow

bright yellow
12 1.0
golden
118 1.0
wheat
12 1.0
pale yellow
4 1.0
off-white
1 3.0

Surface Forms

wheat singular
wheats plural

Etymology

Wheat as a color is named after the pale yellow of ripe grain, so calling something 'wheat' means it has the soft, pale yellow shade of the cereal wheat.