yellowish-gray
- adjective
- /ˈjɛloʊɪʃ ɡreɪ/
- US
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gris amarillento
- Her sweater was a soft yellowish-gray, perfect for the chilly autumn evenings.
Examples
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The old building was painted a yellowish-gray, which blended well with the overcast sky.
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A third was lying face down in the doorway, his head a mass of red and yellowish gray.
Fiction book (1994) -
"It's all falling out, and my gums are always bleeding," she cried, opening her mouth to show me her teeth, which were a yellowish-gray color.
Fiction book (2000) -
He was old, with a sagging, wrinkled face and yellowish-gray hair.
Fiction book (2002) -
When twilight comes, Priscilla is still on the trail of the birds, and her fingernails are now the yellowish-gray color of the powdery amber walls.
Fiction book (2001) -
The sunset cast a yellowish-gray hue over the city, giving it a unique charm.
Synonyms
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A color between black and white like a cloudy sky
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Slightly like the color of old hair or a cloudy sky
A grey color with a little yellow in it
How Yellow
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- US
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Yellowish-gray comes from the simple words yellow and gray, plus the small ending -ish, which means 'somewhat' or 'like'. So yellowish-gray means 'gray with a touch of yellow', an easy way to picture a soft, slightly warm gray color.