straw yellow

or straw-yel·low

noun

a pale yellow; straw color.

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Words nearby straw yellow

straw mushroom, straw poll, straw that breaks the camel's back, straw vote, straw wine, straw yellow, straw-boss, strawberry, strawberry bass, strawberry blite, strawberry blond

Example sentences from the Web for straw yellow

Below, pale yellowish wood-brown, straw-yellow on abdomen and crissum.
Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers Part One and Part Two|Arthur Bent
Hydrofluoric acid is evolved, and the red color of the paper is changed into a straw-yellow.
The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis|Frederick Hutton Getman
Yet the sun and wind-cured ichu grass lives here, pale green in summer, straw-yellow in winter.
The Andes of Southern Peru|Isaiah Bowman
It is a tenth of an inch long, and is straw-yellow, striped with red.
Our Common Insects|Alpheus Spring Packard

Withamite is a carmine-red to straw-yellow, strongly pleochroic variety from Glencoe in Scotland.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6|Various

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