Neutral color
The crossword clue "Neutral color" is answered by ECRU, a 4-letter entry. Used 49 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ECRU
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ECRU answer page.
Used 49 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for ECRU
Every other clue in this collection answered by ECRU, most used first.
- Beige - used 311 times, most recently in 2026
- Light brown - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
- Neutral shade - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Light beige - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Stocking shade - used 52 times, most recently in 2024
- Hosiery shade - used 51 times, most recently in 2025
- Beige shade - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Light tan - used 45 times, most recently in 2022
- Off-white - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Color. - used 38 times, most recently in 1979
- Color of raw silk - used 37 times, most recently in 2021
- Neutral hue - used 33 times, most recently in 2024
- Hosiery hue - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
- Brown shade - used 30 times, most recently in 2022
- Neutral tone - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Pale tan - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Off-white shade - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Tan shade - used 26 times, most recently in 2021
- Grayish yellow - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Linen hue - used 25 times, most recently in 2021
- Hose hue - used 22 times, most recently in 2015
- Very light brown - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Earth tone - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Water color - AQUA, used 108 times
- Horse color - ROAN, used 89 times
- Lacking color - PALE, used 85 times
- Lose color - FADE, used 85 times
- Run in neutral - IDLE, used 70 times
- Color - TINT, used 63 times
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