yellowish
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- adjective
- /ˈjɛloʊɪʃ/
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amarillento
- She held up a yellowish leaf that had fallen from the tree, noting its unusual color.
- yellowish color
- yellowish-brown
- yellowish-white
Candy can go from a yellowish color to a brilliant bright white.
- Candy can go from a yellowish color to a brilliant bright white.
- Beneath L Rick's twitching hands lay nothing but a pile of yellowish dust.
- It went from blue to like yellowish to like red and then it was gone like clean.
- Even the people that are quite light skinned are sallow or yellowish.
- Some people are a little pinker, some people are a little bit more yellowish, but we are all not blue.
- Now I can put yellow colour in it and then the water will look yellowish.
- You know, that's not going to be a different color if you grind up ochre for a brownish or yellowish, that's going to be that color.
- The lagoon is yellowish and beyond the massive salt walls that encircle it, you can see the ocean.
Examples
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Inside, a hunched woman with yellowish skin fed sticks to a pot-bellied stove.
Fiction book (1997) -
Her pale legs, the pale shins, and her yellowish sallow feet were visible beneath the hem of her robe.
Fiction book (1998) -
All right, Next up is the yellowish gold one called Yellow Gold.
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Candy can go from a yellowish color to a brilliant bright white.
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If your skin turns yellowish, then you're on the warm side.
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The entire upper atmosphere begins to quickly cool, changing the star's color from yellowish-white to orange.
Academic text (2004) -
The wood was pale and yellowish, and the upholstery was striped.
Fiction book (1993) -
Sectioning revealed that the specimen contained cystic structures filled with yellowish gelatinous material.
Academic text (2006) -
On gross examination, the tumor was yellowish-white, homogeneous, circumscribed, and unencapsulated.
Academic text (2005) -
The walls were painted a soft, yellowish hue, making the room feel warm and inviting.
Synonyms
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A light yellow colour that looks soft and not bright
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White with a slight yellow tint
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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
Slightly yellow in color
Pale yellowish white like fresh cream
A pale brown color with a slight yellow tint
A pale brown color with a yellow tint
Having a yellow color, especially of the skin or eyes
Having a yellow color like an egg yolk
Having a yellow-brown color like dry earth
Antonyms
Compounds
How Yellow
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Yellowish combines yellow, the color, with the small ending -ish, which means 'somewhat' or 'like'. So yellowish means 'a little yellow' or 'slightly yellow'.