yellow

1. Yellow color or pigment;
   The chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons (synset 104972838)
   is a type of: chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hue
   subtypes:

   • canary, canary yellow - a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
   • amber, gold - a deep yellow color
   • brownish yellow - a yellow color of low lightness with a brownish tinge
   • gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize - 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
   same as: yellowness

1. Of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum;
   Of something resembling the color of an egg yolk (synset 300386818)
   similar to: chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
   same as: xanthous, yellowish
2. Easily frightened (synset 300266180)
   domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
   similar to: cowardly, fearful - lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
   same as: chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied
3. Changed to a yellowish color by age (synset 301644956)
   "yellowed parchment"
   similar to: old - of long duration; not new
   same as: yellowed
4. Typical of tabloids (synset 302109222)
   "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"; "yellow press"
   similar to: sensational - causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion
   same as: scandalmongering, sensationalistic
5. Cowardly or treacherous (synset 301231243)
   "the little yellow stain of treason"; "too yellow to stand and fight"
   similar to: dishonorable, dishonourable - lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor
6. Affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc (synset 301181100)
   similar to: unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind
   same as: icteric, jaundiced

1. Turn yellow (synset 200290602)
   "The pages of the book began to yellow"
   is a type of: color, colour, discolor, discolour - change color, often in an undesired manner

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