ecru

Etymology

From French écru (“raw, unbleached”).

noun

1. A beige colour.
   ecru:
   We have descended Tian Shan and entered the Taklamakan Desert, a barren landscape painted in ecru—no shrubs, no grass, only waves upon waves of naked ridges the color of buff, the highest few spotted with white specks of snow. 2009, Y.J. Zhu, “Taklamakan Desert Moon Ride”, in Lucy McCauley, editor, The Best Women's Travel Writing 2009: True Stories from Around the World (Travelers' Tales), →ISSN, →OCLC, →OL, page 154

adj

1. Of a beige colour.
   Miriam fell in love with a tulle-and-lace gown, but Judy returned to the first one they'd looked at, an ecru satin bridal gown... 2005, Binnie Kirshenbaum, An Almost Perfect Moment