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straw-colored

  • a word derived from straw color.
    straw color
    noun
    a pale yellow similar to the color of straw.

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They’re the fabled duo who first wrapped the arches of this same bridge in straw-colored fabric in 1985.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026

Jimmy Carter was always a mystery, this man with the straw-colored hair and clear blue eyes, whose enemies came to despise him while those who would be friends could not understand him.

From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2024

In one piece, firecracker-shaped flowers fade alongside sprays of straw-colored grasses.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

Griffin wore a multicolored peace-sign necklace, and a single, straw-colored dreadlock that he said he hadn’t cut since the start of the first Gulf War, in 1990.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2023

She studied him more closely: watery brown eyes, sparse straw-colored hair, skin gone ruddy from a life on the road.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

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