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yellowish-white

yellowish-white

1 2.3
White with a slight yellow tint
  • adjective
  • /ˈjɛloʊɪʃ waɪt/
translation icon : 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

  • 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

creamy
vsyellowish-white
15 1.0

A pale yellowish-white color like light butter

is paler and closer to plain white with just a tiny yellow hint
yellowish
vsyellowish-white
11 1.1

Slightly yellow in color

is whiter and only carries a small yellow tint
cream-colored
vsyellowish-white
8 2.5

Having a pale yellowish-white color like fresh cream

is whiter with only a minimal yellow hint
pale yellow
vsyellowish-white
4 1.0

A light yellow colour that looks soft and not bright

is lighter, appearing more like white with a little yellow
off-white
vsyellowish-white
1 3.0

A pale color close to white with a slight hint of another color

specifically involves a tiny yellow tint rather than any color
creamy-white
vsyellowish-white
1 2.7

A pale yellow-white color like fresh cream

is slightly paler and less strongly warmed by yellow
yellow-white
vsyellowish-white
1 2.5

A pale white color with a little yellow

is the same idea but emphasizes an even lighter yellow touch
creamy-yellow
vsyellowish-white
1 2.5

A pale yellow color like cream

is paler, with the yellow presence reduced to a tinge
buttercream
vsyellowish-white
1 3.0

A pale creamy yellow color like cake icing

is less purely yellow and closer to white with warmth
creamy-colored
vsyellowish-white
1.9

Pale yellowish white like fresh cream

is less strongly warm and nearer to neutral white
creme
vsyellowish-white
3.7

A pale yellowish white color like cream

is more neutral and shows only a faint yellow touch
yellow-tinged
vsyellowish-white
3.5

Slightly yellow in color

is the same but stresses that the white still dominates

How Yellow

yellow
113 1.0
pale yellow
4 1.0
yellowish-white
1 2.3
off-white
4 3.0
white
1.0

Surface Forms

yellowish-white positive

Morphology

yellowish-white = yellowish + white (transparent) = yellowish + white

A straightforward compound of the adjective 'yellowish' and 'white'; the meaning (white with a slight yellow tint) is directly derivable.

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.