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
Anglo-Saxon, geolu, yellow; Italian, giallo; Danish, guul; Icelandic, gull, our gold, yellow metal Yellow indicates jealousy, inconstancy, and adultery In France the doors of traitors used to be daubed with yellow In some countries the law ordains that Jews be clothed in yellow, because they betrayed our Lord Judas in mediæval pictures is arrayed in yellow In Spain the vestments of the executioner are either red or yellow- the former to indicate blood-shedding, and the latter treason Yellow, in blazonry, is gold, the symbol of love, constancy, and wisdom Yellow, in Christian symbolism, also gold, is emblematical of faith St Peter is represented in a robe of a golden yellow colour In China yellow is the imperial colour
If something yellows, it becomes yellow in colour, often because it is old. The flesh of his cheeks seemed to have yellowed She sat scanning the yellowing pages. the colour of butter or the middle part of an egg. yellow bunting Yellow River yellow poplar yellow fever yellow jacket yellow journalism Yellow Sea Yellow Turbans
{s} having a yellow color; cowardly (Slang); jealous; sensationalistic (about a newspaper)
similar to the color of an egg yolk cowardly or treacherous; "the little yellow stain of treason"-M
Hue of a subtractive primary and a four-colour process ink It reflects red and green light and absorbs blue light
One of the subtractive primaries (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) used in four-color process inks
One of the process ink colors or printing Pure yellow is the "blueless" color; it absorbs all wavelengths of blue from light and reflects all red and green wavelengths
the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons turn yellow; "The pages of the book began to yellow"