Oi, Pat!
That's some affliction you'd inflict upon a wee bairnie, worse than the JC, 'Boy named Sue'! Let's face it, there's something nondescript, neigh,
flat about
b****.Wikipedia has this as the lead entry:
"
Beige is a pale yellowish brown color. [ See, can't make their minds up!
]
Beige (#F5F5DC)The term originates from
beige cloth, a woolen fabric left in its natural color. It has since come to be used for a range of light shades chosen for their neutral or cool appearance, and is often (mis)used for light brown shades.
The first recorded use of
beige as a color name in English was in 1887."
I suppose the fact that it doesn't appear to be an Americanism, but the usual English 'bastardisation' of the French language, may raise a wry smile. Agincourt!
You see
beige is that nondescript it disapperas from view on the page [Steve#222 comment]
Vermilion, ochre,
cerise, red, have
colour and do'nt we need it? I suspect SteveD will now become even more of a target for myopic drivers, even with his headlight on mainbeam from within a shroud of
beige. Get the
dayglo 'Sam Brown' on and the
'My Little Pony' pink wellies! Genuine camel dung would be more fetching than the current excrescence daubed on the bodywork, genuine 'Lawrence' lookalike!:
Toodle pip, Bill.
