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

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

From Project Gutenberg

I will show you those waistcoats some day,—India silk—corn color, with a touch of gold braid at the pockets, ivory buttons the size of a sovereign, with gold centres, made by the artist who made the coat.

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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.

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In the granary, which is usually a low back room, the ears of corn are often sorted by color and laid up in neat piles, red, yellow, white, blue, black, and mottled, a Hopi study in corn color.

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She had on a beach hat that carried the full flavor of Venice in texture and tilt, and her hair was a ripe corn color, slicked back from her temples in the fashion of the month.

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