They are also dyed a sable colour.
Spotted and discoloured straws are dyed either in pipe or in plait.
Naturally white-blonde, she'd dyed it pink on a whim last weekend.
A modern Bedouin equivalent has long sleeves; it is common to both sexes, the chief difference lying in the colour - white for men, dyed with indigo for women.
In ancient Ireland a king's mantle was dyed with saffron, and even down to the 17th century the "lein-croich," or saffron-dyed shirt, was worn by persons of rank in the Hebrides.
