wheat
- noun
- /wiːt/
- 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.
- 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.
- Gold, belly of the beast, golden wheat air.
- A flash of wheat sheaf hair almost as bright as ever it was.
Examples
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Her skin, the color of freshly harvested wheat.
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Her dress was a beautiful wheat color, reminiscent of ripe grains in the sun.
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It is the color of wheat on a summer's day.
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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.
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The sunset painted the sky in soft wheat tones, providing a calming end to the day.
Synonyms
A pale yellow color like dry stalks of grain
A light yellow colour that looks soft and not bright
A strong yellow color like ripe corn
Idioms
- Informal
To pick out useful people or things from those that are not
Compounds
A type of bread made from the whole wheat grain that is denser and healthier than white bread
- Specialized
A green grass grown for health drinks, animal food, and to stop soil erosion
- Specialized
A grass from Eurasia that farmers grow for animal feed and to stop soil erosion
- Specialized
A grass from Europe and Asia grown on dry plains to feed animals and stop soil washing away
- Specialized
Plant disease that attacks wheat leaves and stems, causing dark streaks and lower crop yields
- Specialized
A disease caused by a fungus that makes reddish or brown spots on wheat leaves and stems and reduces harvest
A plant that grows naturally without farming and is the ancestor of wheat grown on farms
How Yellow
Surface Forms
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.