Yellow, pale.

Of the colour of dressed flax: chiefly in reference to the hair. †flaxen wheat (see quots.).

Light or pale yellow. Also as adj.

Of the colour of straw; pale light yellow.

Pale yellow.

The colour of straw, a pale yellow. Also attributive or adj.= straw-coloured, adj.

Of the nature of or resembling flax; made of flax. Also absol.

Straw-coloured. rare.

Sulphur-coloured; sulphur-yellow. Also, of the bluish colour of the flame with which sulphur burns.

Somewhat flaxen.

Of the cream or pale yellow colour of butter; butter-coloured.

Resembling straw in texture, colour, etc.

= straw colour, n., straw-coloured, adj.

Of a pale yellow colour, like the silk-worm before it spins.

= sulphur-yellow n. adj.

(of) the pale-yellow colour characteristic of sulphur.

Of a pale yellow or straw colour; bombycinous.

= straw-coloured, adj.

Botany. Straw-coloured; dull pale yellow.

The colour of the daffodil; a pale yellow. Also attributive or as adj.

Of a pale primrose colour, as the eyes of certain game fowl.

Having the colour of flax; flaxen.

A shade of pale yellow, resembling the colour of mastic. Also as adj. Now rare.

sulphur-coloured.

Pale yellowish.

= sulphureous, adj. 4. Also adv.

= sulphureous, adj. 4.

The colour of this rose. Also attributive.

as pale as straw.