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Beige vs Flaxen - What's the difference?

beige | flaxen |

As a noun beige

is beige (uninflected, the colour as such).

As an adjective flaxen is

made of or resembling flax fibers.

beige

English

Noun

(wikipedia beige) (en noun)
  • A slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
  • debeige; a kind of woollen or mixed dress goods

    • Adjective

    (wikipedia beige) (en adjective)
  • Having a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
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    • Derived terms

    * Beige Book

    See also

    * English words not following the I before E except after C rule ----

    flaxen

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Made of or resembling flax fibers.
  • * The couple and their children have flaxen hair .
  • a pale yellow brown; the colour of dried flax stalks and of the fiber obtained therefrom.

    • See also

    * blond * linen * tow, towhead * English adjectives ending in -en