From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishecrue‧cru /ˈeɪkruː, ˈek-/ noun [uncountable] a pale brown colour —ecru adjective
Examples from the Corpus
ecru• We walked to the elevators through about a quarter mile of post-modernist interior decor, pretty well disguised as fake ecru adobe.Origin ecru (1800-1900) French écru “not made white”