yellowness

yel·low

Y0013500 (yĕl′ō)n.1. a. The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between orange and green, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 570 to 590 nanometers; any of a group of colors of a hue resembling that of ripe lemons and varying in lightness and saturation; one of the subtractive primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.b. A pigment or dye having this hue.c. Something that has this hue.2. Chiefly Southern US The yolk of an egg.3. Western US Gold. Used formerly by prospectors.4. yellows Any of various plant diseases characterized by yellow or yellowish discoloration of the leaves and caused by phytoplasmas that are transmitted by insects or by certain viruses.adj. yel·low·er, yel·low·est 1. Of the color yellow.2. a. Having a yellow-brown skin color.b. Offensive Of or being a person of Asian origin.3. Slang Cowardly.tr. & intr.v. yel·lowed, yel·low·ing, yel·lows To make or become yellow: documents that had been yellowed by age; clouds that yellow in the evening light.

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[Middle English yelow, from Old English geolu; see ghel- in Indo-European roots.]

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yel′low·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

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yellowness - yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemonsyellowchromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has huecanary yellow, canary - a moderate yellow with a greenish tingeamber, gold - a deep yellow color; "an amber light illuminated the room"; "he admired the gold of her hair"brownish yellow - a yellow color of low lightness with a brownish tingelemon yellow, maize, gamboge, lemon - a strong yellow colorold gold - a dark yelloworange yellow, saffron - a shade of yellow tinged with orangepale yellow, straw, wheat - a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with whitegreenish yellow - a shade of yellow tinged with green

yellowness

nounSlang. Ignoble lack of courage:chickenheartedness, cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness, dastardliness, faint-heartedness, funk, pusillanimity, unmanliness.Slang: gutlessness, yellow streak.

Translations

黄色

yellow

(ˈjeləu) adjective, noun (of) the colour of gold, the yolk of an egg etc. a yellow dress; yellow sands; Yellow is my favourite colour. 黃色的 黄色的 verb to make or become yellow. It was autumn and the leaves were beginning to yellow. (使)變黃 （使）变黄 ˈyellowness noun 黃色 黄色