Saffron (color)
Saffron is a color that is a tone of golden yellow resembling the color of the tip of the saffron crocus thread, from which the spice saffron is derived.
The first recorded use of saffron as a color name in English was in 1200.
Read more about Saffron (color): Saffron in Nature, Saffron in Culture
Famous quotes containing the word saffron:
“Masts in the offing wagged their tops;
The swinging waves pealed on the shore;
The saffron beach, all diamond drops
And beads of surge, prolonged the roar.”
—John Davidson (1857–1909)