ecru.

Pale grayish-yellow or light beige in color, like unbleached linen.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• ecru linen
• an ecru shade

On the page

Ecru curtains softened the glare without darkening the workroom.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: uncommon.