yellow
- adjective
- /ˈjɛloʊ/
- She painted her living room a bright yellow to make it feel warm and cheerful.
- green and yellow
- red and yellow
- blue and yellow
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- It's one, it's beautiful looking, yellow, yellow, gold, green doll.
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Examples
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Look at that nice and yellow, fully desiccated petals.
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Your brain might think you're looking at a yellow ball, but look closer.
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Yeah, it's just straight yellow, dark yellow cars.
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Green means good, red means not such a good deal, yellow means it's OK.
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Blue plus yellow makes green, yellow plus red makes orange.
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Our next item is this yellow floral jumpsuit.
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Hey, would you give me one of them yellow jelly bear claws I like?
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And then there's that pretty yellow raccoon butterfly fish.
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The sunflower stood tall, its yellow petals shining in the sunlight.
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He wore a yellow shirt that matched his sunny personality.
Synonyms
Slightly yellow in color
A color that is yellowish brown like honey
A warm yellow color like gold
A bright light yellow color like a canary's feathers
A pale white color with a little yellow
A brownish yellow color like dry autumn leaves
A color between yellow and orange, like a sunset
A color between brown and yellow
A pale yellow color like cream
White with a slight yellow tint
A strong, intense yellow like a ripe pumpkin
A colour between yellow and orange, like a sunset
A grey color with a little yellow in it
A gray color with a little yellow
Slightly yellow in color
A pale brown color with a yellow tint
Having a yellow-brown color like dry earth
Having a yellow color like an egg yolk
A bright yellow color with a golden tone like sunlight
Having a yellow color, especially of the skin or eyes
Idioms
- Informal
To start a journey into the unknown that brings adventure and personal change
Compounds
- Specialized
A serious disease spread by mosquitoes that makes the skin turn yellow
- Jargon
An alert warning people about a specific emergency, for example bad weather or a missing person
The second-longest river in northern China that flows east to the Yellow Sea and has yellow mud
- Literature
Reporting that exaggerates and uses shocking stories to attract readers while ignoring the truth
A small aggressive wasp with yellow and black stripes that often builds nests in the ground
A small woodpecker with a pale yellow belly that drills rows of holes in trees to eat sap and insects
- US
A freshwater fish with a yellow body and dark stripes, caught for food and sport
- Specialized
A bright yellow pigment made from cadmium used in painting that is poisonous
- Literature
A reporter who writes exaggerated or shocking stories to attract readers
A large pine tree from the southeastern United States with long needles and rough reddish bark used for timber
- Specialized
A small freshwater fish with yellowish colour that looks like a striped bass
A large woodpecker with yellow feathers under its wings and tail and a red patch on its neck
- Literature
Newspapers that print shocking and often untrue stories to get more readers
A climbing evergreen plant that has sweet yellow funnel-shaped flowers and poisonous parts
- Specialized
A night-active wading bird with a yellow crown found in North America
A plant that lives for many years with broad rounded leaves, a bitter root, often growing as a weed
- US
A tall evergreen tree from the Pacific coast of North America often grown in gardens and liked for its wood
- US
A plant that lives many years with a thick knotted yellow underground stem and large rounded leaves
How Yellow
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yellow comes from an old English word geolu meaning 'yellow', like the color of egg yolks and lemons, so it simply names that bright color.