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Straw (colour)

Color; tone of yellow

Straw (colour)
Summary

Color; tone of yellow

FieldValue
titleStraw
spellingcolour
hexE4D96F
sourceMaerz and Paul
isccnameBrilliant greenish yellow
Large round bales of straw

Straw is a colour, a tone of pale yellow, the colour of straw. The Latin word stramineus, with the same meaning, is often used in describing nature.

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

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:

Invertebrates

  • Barred straw
  • Straw underwing
Straw-headed bulbul

Birds

  • Straw-backed tanager
  • Straw-headed bulbul
  • Straw-tailed whydah
Straw-coloured fruit bat

Mammals

  • Straw-coloured fruit bat
  • Straw-coloured pygmy rice rat Other
  • Blood plasma is also straw coloured

References

References

  1. The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called ''straw'' in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color "straw" is displayed on page 43, Plate 10, Color Sample F2.
  2. 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
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