pale yellow
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- noun
- /peɪl ˈjɛloʊ/
:
amarillo pálido
- She wore a beautiful dress in a pale yellow shade that complemented her complexion perfectly.
- pale yellow light
- pale yellow walls
- pale yellow flowers
When you make goop, it should have a color of like a pale yellow to taste tangy and mustardy at the same time with sweetness.
- When you make goop, it should have a color of like a pale yellow to taste tangy and mustardy at the same time with sweetness.
Examples
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The kitten lay wrapped in a pale yellow towel at my feet.
Fiction book (1991) -
Thumbtack holes dotted the pale yellow walls from the dozens of posters she'd hung up over the years.
Fiction book (2001) -
When she opened them, there was the blue sky, full of pale yellow light.
Fiction book (1998) -
The sun broke from the clouds, and pale yellow light cast a complicated shadow on the bed.
Fiction book (2002) -
Under the pillow was a pale yellow egg, no more than a few centimeters long.
Fiction book (2002) -
Clayton lay down on the pale yellow blanket, supported by one elbow.
Fiction book (1996) -
The morning light in her room would be pale yellow, touched with the first hints of violet shadows.
Fiction book (1990) -
I was wearing last year's Easter dress, a pale-yellow cotton with a drop waist and little cap sleeves.
Fiction book (1999) -
Duarte was wearing a pale yellow guayabera today, with crusty bean stains on the bottom.
Fiction book (1996) -
The artist chose a pale yellow paint for the walls to create a soft, calming atmosphere in the room.
Synonyms
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A pale yellow color like dry stalks of grain
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A pale yellow color like dry grain
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Slightly yellow in color
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Having a pale yellowish-white color like fresh cream
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A pale yellow-white color like fresh cream
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A pale yellow color like cream
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A pale creamy yellow color like cake icing
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A pale white color with a little yellow
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White with a slight yellow tint
Pale yellowish white like fresh cream
Slightly yellow in color
A pale yellow paint color used by artists
Antonyms
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Morphology
The meaning 'a light shade of yellow' is directly and predictably built from 'pale' (low color intensity) modifying 'yellow' (the hue), so the composite denotes a diluted or light yellow. This adjective + color composition is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common pattern in English, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Pale yellow comes from the simple image of yellow paint mixed with white. The word pale means 'faint', so the yellow looks lighter and less strong, and today pale yellow means a light, soft shade of yellow.