- the colour of lemons or butter
- She was dressed in yellow.
- the reds and yellows of the trees
- The hall is decorated in pale yellow.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- creamy
- dirty
- sickly
- …
Word OriginOld English geolu, geolo, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch geel and German gelb, also to gold.Definitions on the go
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