Color Names

Béchamel

Creamy white, like the first layer in a croquembouche, or a warm sauce under cheese.

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Béchamel is a white.

It can be described as pale, delicate, faded and almost grey.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Béchamel

Béchamel sauce

Béchamel sauce is a white sauce made from a roux of butter and flour, heated in cream or milk, and seasoned with ground nutmeg. Béchamel is one of the mother sauces of French cuisine.

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béchamel

Noun

  1. Ellipsis of béchamel sauce.
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