yellow green
- noun
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verde amarillento
- And this was the case as soon as we as we switched the UV light on, a bright yellow green fluorescent appeared.
Examples
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So they were cream, which is like yellow green, which is a sort of a darker military green type thing.
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If you know me in real life, you know that I love digloflorescent yellow green accessories.
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Is it too much if I use the neon yellow green shade and this blue shade?
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Pustuled yellow tubes looped along like inchworms and tentacled black blobs foundered like stranded fish in pools of their own yellow green secretions.
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The artist used a vibrant yellow green to depict the leaves in her painting.
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During spring, the fields are dotted with yellow green flowers that bloom brightly.
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She painted the walls in a soothing yellow green that brightened up the room.
Synonyms
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7.9
A pale yellow-green color like new leaves
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2.7
A green color with a little yellow that looks fresh
A color between yellow and green like young leaves
A pale yellow-green color like a pistachio nut
A slightly yellow green like fresh peas
A bright green color with a slight yellow tint
A yellowish green color slightly lighter than dark green
How Yellow
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase denotes a shade of green with a noticeable yellow tint, which is directly and compositionally derived from the known meanings of 'yellow' and 'green'. Color-combination naming is cross-linguistically common and follows a transparent modifier+head pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
The color name yellow green comes from the simple image of adding a little yellow to green, like mixing paints or seeing new leaves in bright sunlight. So it means 'a green that looks a bit yellow'.