Nadia was wearing a wheat-coloured dress.

[alpacinou]

I want to say something has the color of wheat. Can I use "wheat-coloured"? Are these okay?

1. Nadia was wearing a wheat-coloured dress.
2. There was a wheat-colored building opposite her house.
3. She took off her shirt, exposing her wheat-coloured skin.
4. A wheat coloured sofa sat in the corner of their living room.

 

[emsr2d2]

Is there any reason you didn't use a hyphen in sentence 4?

 

[Tarheel]

They're OK. I think everybody knows what color wheat is, so that would work. Indeed, that's probably better than saying "saffron" or something like that.

 

[Amigos4]

Add a hyphen to sentence 4 and your sentences are correct.

 

[Amigos4]

I find it amusing that you used the AmE “color” in two of your sentences.

”I want to say something has the color of wheat. Can I use "wheat-coloured"? No! If written, you would say “wheat-colored”.

 

[Tarheel]

@Amigos4
We economize on letters.

 

[emsr2d2]

I find it amusing that you used the AmE “color” in two of your sentences.

Good spot. I completely missed the inconsistency.