Of a colour intermediate between orange and green in the spectrum; of the colour of the yolk of an egg, ripe lemons, daffodils, sunflowers, etc.
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| 释义 | the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] (178) yelloweOE Of a colour intermediate between orange and green in the spectrum; of the colour of the yolk of an egg, ripe lemons, daffodils, sunflowers, etc. blaykec1400 Yellow. jaune1430 Yellow. flawc1450 ? Yellow. (So in glossaries, but the meaning is doubtful.) jaundiced1640 Affected with jaundice; coloured yellow. flaxed1652 = flaxen, adj. flave1657 Yellow. flavous1666 Yellow. blake1691 Yellow. (Current in north England, from Cumbria to the Humber; but apparently unknown in Scotland, and in the English midlands.) gambogian1837 Having the yellow colour of gamboge; coloured with, or as if with, gamboge. Occasionally as n. Subcategories:— yellowish (13) — bright yellow (9) — dark lustrous yellow (3) — pale yellow (47) — golden yellow (29) — brassy yellow (4) — reddish yellow (20) — greenish yellow (3) — brownish yellow (23) — pinkish yellow (1) — greyish yellow (4) — orange yellow (4) — other yellows (8) |
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