beige

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

beige, n. [F.].

 Debeige.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

beige, n. & adj.
--n. a pale sandy fawn colour.
--adj. of this colour.

Etymology

F: orig. unkn.

THESAURUS

beige

aureate, auric, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet, buff, buff-yellow, canary, canary-yellow, chocolate, cinnamon, citron, citron-yellow, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, cream, creamy, drab, dun, dun-brown, dun-drab, ecru, fallow, fawn, fawn-colored, flaxen, fuscous, gilded, gilt, gold, gold-colored, golden, grege, hazel, khaki, lemon, lemon-yellow, lurid, luteolous, lutescent, nut-brown, ocherish, ocherous, ochery, ochreous, ochroid, ochrous, ochry, olive-brown, olive-drab, or, primrose, primrose-colored, primrose-yellow, saffron, saffron-colored, saffron-yellow, sallow, sand-colored, sandy, seal, seal-brown, sepia, snuff-colored, sorrel, straw, straw-colored, tan, taupe, tawny, toast, toast-brown, umber, umber-colored, walnut, walnut-brown, xanthic, xanthous, yellow, yellowish, yellowish-brown