corn color

American  

noun

1. light yellow.

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Other Word Forms

• corn-colored
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of corn color

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

As you did not come this morning, per agreement, and the painters did come, I was fain to choose a cheerful corn color to be placed upon the walls of your new laboratory room.

From Dear Enemy by Webster, Jean

I trust there is nothing unhygienic about corn color.

From Dear Enemy by Webster, Jean

Armchair—Overstuffed chair in indefinite striped upholsterer's velvet in sage green; satin cushion in corn color.

From Better Homes in America Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922 by Meloney, Mrs W.B.

The best we have are Marie de Ruyter, a pretty blue; Badenia, lavender; Golden King, a magnificent yellow; Florence, lilac blotched; Mazie, corn color; and Dawn, shell pink.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.

The young girl's dress was of corn color, almost the shade of her blond hair.

From The Ranch Girls in Europe by Vandercook, Margaret