Yellowness

yel·low  (yl)

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 U.S. The yolk of an egg.

3. Western U.S. Gold. Used formerly by prospectors.

4. yellows Any of various plant diseases usually caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium or viruses of the genus Chlorogenus and characterized by yellow or yellowish discoloration.

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-² in Indo-European roots.]

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yellow·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

yellowness - yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons yellow chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hue canary yellow, canary - a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge amber, 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 tinge lemon yellow, maize, gamboge, lemon - a strong yellow color old gold - a dark yellow orange yellow, saffron - a shade of yellow tinged with orange pale yellow, straw, wheat - a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white greenish yellow - a shade of yellow tinged with green