yellow-white
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- adjective
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amarillo-blanco
- The walls were painted a soft yellow-white, creating a cozy atmosphere in the room.
- yellow-white hair
- yellow-white star
- yellow-white glow
But basically your hair will go from black to brown to red to orange to yellow, and then finally to a yellow white.
- But basically your hair will go from black to brown to red to orange to yellow, and then finally to a yellow white.
Examples
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The main section of the post office was locked, and except for the two of us, the lobby was empty, the modest holiday lights over the doorway casting a dignified yellow-white glow.
Fiction book (1990) -
A very thin strip of yellow-white pine curls off the board.
Fiction book (1998) -
We watched the yellow-white smoke.
Fiction book (1994) -
Fire should be yellow, orange, even yellow-white; this light was a chill blue, as if from some unnatural flame.
Fiction book (1991) -
The sea is a rim of yellow-white foil in the distance ahead, its brightness so intense.
Fiction book (1997) -
The house was near the park, and through the dirty windows I saw the beech trees, silver and solid, in the yellow-white glow of spring moonlight.
Fiction book (1994) -
All around us, ridges of yellow-white limestone poked from the redochre flopsand.
Fiction book (1993) -
I flung the object away, watched it plummet with a soft, liquid sound into the mire below, and lie trapped, a splash of yellow-white against the black.
Fiction book (2001) -
A plume of yellow-white flame flares and illuminates the battered face of Dean Keaton, age forty.
Fiction book (1996) -
At one point, they passed under a densely leafed, deep green tree loaded with tiny yellow-white blossoms; the blossoms smelled of citrus.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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1.1
Slightly yellow in color
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2.5
Having a pale yellowish-white color like fresh cream
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1.0
A light yellow colour that looks soft and not bright
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3.0
A pale color close to white with a slight hint of another color
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2.7
A pale yellow-white color like fresh cream
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2.3
White with a slight yellow tint
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3.0
A pale creamy yellow color like cake icing
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2.5
A pale yellow color like cream
Pale yellowish white like fresh cream
Slightly yellow in color
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Etymology
The word yellow-white simply links the two color words yellow and white, so it means a 'white' color with a touch of 'yellow', like the pale cream of an eggshell or soft sunlight on a wall.