yellow hue
- noun
- /ˈjɛloʊ hju/
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- Onion skins and saffron will produce yellow hues.
- produce yellow hue
Examples
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The Fk dye was a yellow-orange that produced a golden yellow hue when dyeing was performed in acid baths (Mayer 1943).
Academic text (2005) -
The sheets underneath my body were tinged with a yellow hue.
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These tumors have a brown or yellow hue.
Academic text (2005) -
I just need you to look at the contrast like my neck has a yellow hue and my face is just like glowing pink guys, I'll see you my next one bye.
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My country is mostly blue mixed with green and yellow hues, and when it's kissed with light, the voices of the birds start singing songs in words that a child understands.
Fiction book (1994) -
Saturn's pale-yellow hue and steady, non-twinkling glow also set it apart from the stars.
Academic text (2006) -
Poor Tommy was thrown off the dock into the Potomac the next morning, while a stream of salt water trickled down his master's dirty face, making visible, for the first time in a year, the yellow hue of his complexion.
Fiction book (1992) -
The owner was young and skinny—almost as skinny and handsome as Han was—but his neck was thicker and his skin was a light Naples-yellow hue.
Fiction book (1998) -
The napkins' deeper yellow hue may indicate that the pieces were used less often than the tablecloth.
Synonyms
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A deep shiny yellow color like the metal used for coins and jewelry
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A very strong yellow color that is easy to see
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A light yellow colour that looks soft and not bright
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A deep yellow color with a touch of orange
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A bright yellow like the outside of a lemon
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A bright yellow color like a canary's feathers
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A yellow color with a little green
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A natural yellow pigment from earth used for painting
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A pale creamy yellow color like cake icing
A bright yellow color with a small touch of orange
A yellow color with a little brown that looks warm and dull
A yellow color with a touch of red
How Yellow
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a particular shade of yellow' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'yellow' (the color) with 'hue' (a shade or tint). This compositional color-description pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows normal noun-noun/adj-noun semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Yellow hue is a simple color phrase made from yellow and hue. The word yellow names the color and the word hue means a particular 'shade' or 'tint', so the phrase helps you picture a specific kind of yellow.