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Color:
Beige


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Colors with the same hue:
Murky Green
Oregano
Citrus
Citron
Acid green
Old silver
Dingy Gray
Stone
Bitter lemon
Sickly Yellow
Pear
Dandelion
Tarnished Silver
Hazy
Very pale yellow
Faded Yellow
Pale Yellow
Cotton
Ivory
Baby powder
Similar colors:
Pale Yellow
Hazy
Ivory
Faded Yellow
Dun
Cotton
Cornsilk
Cream
Alabaster
Celestial White
Baby powder
Beryl
Limestone
Milk
Eggshell
Soft Ivory
Soft White
Parchment
Lotion
Blonde
Perlino
Oyster
Bleached White
Wan White
Morning Mist
Pearl
Chiffon
Very pale yellow
Butter
Chalk
Words evoked by this color:
becker,  inanition,  pusillanimous,  undernourished,  dumpling,  bonne,  tendon,  fat,  scallop,  unwritten,  ghi,  cot,  kneading,  round_off,  artless,  elastin,  paige,  travertine,  wheat,  ginseng,  fawning,  rachel,  salsify,  shaven,  ecru,  tuffet,  nappy,  alpaca,  noodle,  yeast,  ramie,  pasting,  khadi,  matzo,  bagasse,  churned,  mannequin,  ointment,  fatty,  knead,  rigatoni,  atrium,  ventral,  pliant,  laying,  upstairs,  commodious,  pasted,  bisque,  homemaking
Literary analysis:
In literature, beige is often employed as a versatile hue—portraying both the soft elegance of attire and the understated character of surroundings. For instance, authors describe nervous elegance with characters clad in soft beige‑coloured silk ([1]) or highlight the subtle transition in a character’s hair, where beige‑blond locks frame an expressive face ([2]). Beige also defines interior spaces, from worn beige sheets strewn across a rumpled bed ([3]) to thick beige carpets that echo the quiet routine of everyday life ([4]). Even landscapes are tinged with this muted color, as seen in the barren beige hills near Government Spring, evoking a sense of stark realism ([5]). This recurring motif underscores beige as a symbol of both refined simplicity and the familiar textures of everyday existence.
  1. Alma Remsen, to-day in a costume of soft beige-coloured silk weave, looked nervous and worried.
    — from The Deep Lake Mystery by Carolyn Wells
  2. De Grandin's slender brows arched upward till they nearly met the beige-blond hair that slanted sleekly backward from his forehead.
    — from Pledged to the Dead by Seabury Quinn
  3. It was empty, the bed rumpled and beige sheets on the floor.
    — from Life Blood by Thomas Hoover
  4. He was charging down the hall, feeling knee‑deep in the thick beige carpet.
    — from Syndrome by Thomas Hoover
  5. By 1944, overuse had so stripped the grasslands near Government Spring that you could hardly find a bunch of chino on the bare beige hills.
    — from Big Bend National Park, Texas by United States. National Park Service. Division of Publications


Colors associated with the word:
Cream
Tan 
Taupe
Sand
Ecru
Ivory
Khaki  
Camel
Fawn
Buff
Oatmeal
Almond
Biscuit
Mushroom
Stone
Parchment
Latte
Putty
Hazel
Sepia
Words with similar colors:
nap,  latte,  beg,  tahini,  accommodations,  buffered,  sandalwood,  base,  buffer,  biscuit,  cocoon,  pint,  breve,  bailey,  pita,  oat,  loofah,  hummus,  rattan,  chickpea
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