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Yellowness

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Noun

1. yellow, yellowness

yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons

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Yellowness

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noun
1. 
any of a group of colours that vary in saturation but have the same hue. They lie in the approximate wavelength range 585–575 nanometres. Yellow is the complementary colour of blue and with cyan and magenta forms a set of primary colours
▶ Related adjective: xanthous
2. 
a pigment or dye of or producing these colours
3. 
yellow cloth or clothing
dressed in yellow
4. 
the yolk of an egg
5. 
a yellow ball in snooker, etc
6. 
any of a group of pieridine butterflies the males of which have yellow or yellowish wings, esp the clouded yellows (Colias spp.) and the brimstone
adjective
7. 
of the colour yellow
8. 
yellowish in colour or having parts or marks that are yellowish
yellow jasmine
9. 
having a yellowish skin
10. informal
cowardly or afraid
11. 
offensively sensational, as a cheap newspaper (esp in the phrase yellow press)
verb
12. 
to make or become yellow

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Yellowness

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adjective
1. 
of the color of gold, butter, or ripe lemons
2. 
changed to a yellowish color as by age, as old paper
3. 
having a yellowish pigmentation of the skin
4.  US, Informal
cowardly; craven
5.  US
cheaply sensational
said of certain newspapers
noun
6. 
a yellow color; color lying between orange and green in the color spectrum
7. 
a pigment or dye that is yellow or capable of producing yellow
8. 
the yolk of an egg
9.  [pl.]
any of several fungous or viral diseases of plants, causing yellowing of the leaves, stunting of growth, etc.
10.  [pl.]
jaundice, esp. in farm animals
verb transitive, verb intransitive
11. 
to make or become yellow

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Yellowness

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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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