Straw (colour) explained

Straw
Spelling:	colour
Hex:	E4D96F
Source:	Maerz and Paul^[1]
Isccname:	Brilliant greenish yellow

Straw 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. The first recorded use of straw as a colour name in English was in 1589.^[2]

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

• Barred straw
• Straw underwing

Birds

• Straw-backed tanager
• Straw-headed bulbul
• Straw-tailed whydah

Mammals

• Straw-coloured fruit bat

Other

• Blood plasma is also straw coloured

See also

• List of colours

References

• Your Dictionary: straw-color

Notes and References

1. The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called straw in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color "straw" is displayed on page 43, Plate 10, Color Sample F2.
2. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Color Sample of Straw: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample F2