Color Names

Starch

Dried, powdered potato or corn, a little grey and completely unappetizing.

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Starch is a muted olive, close to beige.

It can be described as muted, dull, matte and soft.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Starch

Starch

Starch is a carbohydrate consisting of numerous glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by most green plants for energy storage. Worldwide, it is the most common carbohydrate in human diets, and is contained in large amounts in staple foods such as wheat, potatoes, maize (corn), rice, and cassava (manioc).

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starch

Noun

  1. A widely diffused vegetable substance, found in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.
  2. Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.

Verb

  1. To apply or treat with laundry starch, in order to create a hard, smooth surface.
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