Thesaurus: yellow
Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.
Related headwords
colordefinitiongreendefinitionorangedefinitionspectrumdefinitionbrightdefinitionhuedefinitionpartdefinitionpigmentdefinitionresemblingdefinitionaffecteddefinitionagedefinitionbecomedefinitionbrassdefinitioncausedefinitioncausesdefinitionchangeddefinitionchromaticdefinitioncowardlydefinitiondyedefinitioneasilydefinitioneggdefinitionexceptdefinitionfrighteneddefinitiongolddefinitiongoldendefinitionintermediatedefinitionjaundicedefinitionlemonsdefinition
Definitions
- superl. Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.
- n. A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green.
- n. A yellow pigment.
- v. t. To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow.
- v. i. To become yellow or yellower.
- adj. of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
- adj. easily frightened
- adj. changed to a yellowish color by age
- adj. typical of tabloids
- adj. cowardly or treacherous
- adj. affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
- n. yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons