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.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
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 Straw-coloured pygmy rice rat Other Blood plasma is also straw coloured
See also List of colours
References
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