Straw (colour)

Straw ( /ˈstrɔː/) is a colour, a shade of pale yellow, the colour of straw.

The first recorded use of straw as a colour name in English was in 1589. [1]

Straw in nature

The name of the colour straw is used as an adjective in the names of birds and other animals with such colouring to describe their appearance, including:

Birds
Mammals
Invertebrates


References

  1. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Color Sample of Straw: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample F2

See also

Shades of yellow
Amber Apricot Beige Buff Cream Dark goldenrod Ecru Gold Gold (metallic) Goldenrod
                   
Green-yellow Jasmine Jonquil Khaki Lemon chiffon Lime Lion Maize Mikado yellow Naples yellow
                   
Navajo white Olive Papaya whip Saffron School bus yellow Selective yellow Stil de grain yellow Sunglow Vanilla Yellow
                   
The samples shown above are only indicative.