Straw (colour)
Color; tone of yellow
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Straw /ˈstrɔː/ is a colour, a tone of pale yellow, the colour of straw. The Latin word stramineus, with the same meaning, is often used in describing nature.
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The first recorded use of straw as a colour name in English was in 1589.[2]
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Straw in nature
The name of the colour straw is used as an adjective in the names of birds and other animals with such colouring to describe their appearance, including:
Invertebrates
Birds
Mammals
Other
- Blood plasma is also straw coloured