yellowish-white
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- adjective
- /ˈjɛloʊɪʃ waɪt/
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amarillo-blanco
- The artist used a yellowish-white paint to create a soft, warm glow in the landscape.
- yellowish-white hair
- yellowish-white star
Examples
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The female is a dull greenish and bluish grey with pale rufous wings, breast, and a yellowish-white abdomen with darker scallops and blue eyes.
Academic text (2004) -
On gross examination, the tumor was yellowish-white, homogeneous, circumscribed, and unencapsulated.
Academic text (2005) -
The entire upper atmosphere begins to quickly cool, changing the star's color from yellowish-white to orange.
Academic text (2004) -
Its primary was Pinpoint, a yellowish-white F7 star.
Fiction book (2000) -
Dandruff is greasy and yellowish-white in color.
Blog text (20) -
Not quite white: The white color you see in The Unfinished Swan is actually not pure white, but a slightly warmer yellowish white.
Blog text (4) -
Her face was deeply creased, her yellowish-white hair undone.
Fiction book (1996) -
The pines smelled of hot resin, and some bled yellowish-white sap from bark beetle wounds.
Fiction book (1992) -
It was worse, much worse, with the swelling and redness stretching upward well past his knee and the yellowish-white rim extending over a centimeter back from the edge of the wound.
Fiction book (1992) -
"The cheeks and jaws are yellowish white, contrasting abruptly with the dark-colored neck," wrote Johnston in the Smithsonian Institution's Annual Report of 1901.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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A pale yellowish-white color like light butter
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Slightly yellow in color
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Having a pale yellowish-white color like fresh cream
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A light yellow colour that looks soft and not bright
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A pale color close to white with a slight hint of another color
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A pale yellow-white color like fresh cream
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A pale white color with a little yellow
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A pale yellow color like cream
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A pale creamy yellow color like cake icing
Pale yellowish white like fresh cream
A pale yellowish white color like cream
Slightly yellow in color
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Etymology
Yellowish-white is made from the words yellow and white plus the ending -ish, which means 'somewhat' or 'a little', so it describes a white color with a slight touch of yellow.