straw yellow
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Attorney General walked into the press conference on Friday, dressed in a straw yellow silk suit and pearls, and denied that she was furious at the FBI and its director, Louis Freeh.
From Time Magazine Archive
The iris of the real game bird should be whitish or straw yellow.
From Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Piper, Hugh
Overdone assays show a straw yellow colour which deepens on standing.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
South the road winds down a wide valley towards stripes of rain through which shine straw yellow faint as a dream the rolling lands of New Castile.
From A Pushcart at the Curb by Dos Passos, John
The commercial product is a pale straw yellow, but varies much according to the purity of the materials used in its manufacture.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)
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