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yellow-brown

yellow-brown

1 2.0
A brownish yellow color like dry autumn leaves
  • adjective
  • /ˈjɛloʊˌbraʊn/
translation icon : amarillo-marrón
  • The house was a big, rambling place, faced with peeling pale-blue clapboard and carpeted throughout in a stained, yellow-brown shagpile.

Examples

  • The man had yellow-brown eyes and an easy way of holding the Milk Dud box.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Yellow-brown tiger eyes stare blankly up at me.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The little pests have a bluish-grey body and a yellow-brown, translucent shell.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Its skin was leathery, with a pebbled texture, and basically the same coloration as the infant's: yellow-brown with darker reddish markings, like the stripes of a tiger.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The walls were painted a soft shade of yellow-brown, giving the room a warm and cozy feel.

  • The autumn leaves turned a rich yellow-brown, creating a beautiful carpet on the ground.

  • He wore a yellow-brown sweater that complemented his golden skin tone.

Synonyms

golden
vsyellow-brown
118 1.0

Having a warm yellow color like gold

is a plain medium to dark tone without metallic shine
amber
vsyellow-brown
1 3.8

Having a medium to dark yellow-brown color like honey

is the same hue but without the resin association
caramel
vsyellow-brown
1 2.4

A warm light brown color like cooked sugar

is darker and more strongly brownish than that moderate tone
brownish-yellow
vsyellow-brown
3.2

A color between brown and yellow

is the same medium to dark hue but without stressing equal mix
caramel brown
vsyellow-brown
2.8

A medium yellow-brown color like caramel

is darker and deeper rather than moderate and light
yellowish brown
vsyellow-brown
2.8

A medium to dark brown with a little yellow in it

is more balanced between brown and yellow rather than brown dominant
brownish yellow
vsyellow-brown
2.3

A yellow color with a little brown that looks warm and dull

leans more evenly between brown and yellow rather than yellow dominant
chukker-brown
vsyellow-brown
  • Archaic
9.9

A grey to yellowish brown color like old leather

is warmer and lacks the greyish or snuff tones

How Brown

brown
939 1.0
yellow-brown
1 2.0

Surface Forms

yellow-brown positive

Morphology

yellow-brown = yellow + brown (transparent) = yellow + brown

A straightforward compound of two colour terms; the combined colour meaning is directly predictable from its parts.

Etymology

Yellow-brown simply joins the two common color words yellow ('a bright, warm color') and brown ('a dark, earthy color'), so imagine mixing yellow paint with brown paint to get this tone. That's why yellow-brown means a medium to dark brownish yellow shade.