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
He goes, young man, your aura is yellow, pure yellow.
- He goes, young man, your aura is yellow, pure yellow.
- It's one, it's beautiful looking, yellow, yellow, gold, green doll.
- And so he says, take gold is a yellow metal.
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 color between yellow and orange, like a sunset
A colour between yellow and orange, like a sunset
A pale yellow color like cream
A brownish yellow color like dry autumn leaves
A pale white color with a little yellow
White with a slight yellow tint
Having a yellow color like an egg yolk
A bright yellow color with a golden tone like sunlight
A bright light yellow color like a canary's feathers
A strong, intense yellow like a ripe pumpkin
Slightly yellow in color
Having a yellow color, especially of the skin or eyes
A color between brown and yellow
A pale brown color with a yellow tint
Having a yellow-brown color like dry earth
A grey color with a little yellow in it
A gray color with a little yellow
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
- Literature
Reporting that exaggerates and uses shocking stories to attract readers while ignoring the truth
The second-longest river in northern China that flows east to the Yellow Sea and has yellow mud
A small aggressive wasp with yellow and black stripes that often builds nests in the ground
- Specialized
A bright yellow pigment made from cadmium used in painting that is poisonous
- US
A freshwater fish with a yellow body and dark stripes, caught for food and sport
- Jargon
An alert warning people about a specific emergency, for example bad weather or a missing person
- Literature
A reporter who writes exaggerated or shocking stories to attract readers
A small woodpecker with a pale yellow belly that drills rows of holes in trees to eat sap and insects
- Specialized
A sticky plant with hanging yellow flowers that grows in dry places in the southwestern United States
A small wild flower that has soft hairy leaves and yellow petals with purple veins
- Specialized
A North American wild flower with greenish-yellow pouch-shaped flowers and purple marks
- Irish
A clover with yellow flowers that grows in Ireland and is often seen as the real shamrock
- Specialized
A virus that makes onion plants small and their leaves turn yellow
- Specialized
A virus that makes onion plants grow poorly and their leaves turn yellow
- Specialized
A disease of potato plants that makes leaves yellow and plants small
- Specialized
A germ that makes potato plants small and their leaves turn yellow
- Australian
A tall Australian plant with yellow flowers that comes back each year
A large pine tree with short needles in groups of two or three and reddish brown bark when fully grown
A large pine tree from the southeastern United States with long needles and rough reddish bark used for timber
A plant that lives many years with yellow flowers that smell nice and leafy stems
- Specialized
A small freshwater fish with yellowish colour that looks like a striped bass
- Specialized
A small North American spring flower with one yellow spotted blossom
- Specialized
A small shrub with yellow daisy-like flowers that grows in dry Mediterranean areas
- UK
A low-growing plant with yellow flowers that have red dots and smell faintly of pine
- Specialized
Tissue inside the hollow part of long bones in adults that stores fat
A common plant that lives for many years with small yellow flowers and sticky stems
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.