Synonyms:
yellow, yellowish, xanthous
Meaning: of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
Usage examples
COLOUR--Grey, or buff, or yellowish, or black, or rufus red, mixed with black or grey.
The progress of the heat within was marked by yellowish spots, which spread over the surface of the body.
It is very hard and semi-transparent, and has different points from whence the light is reflected with a kind of yellowish radiation somewhat similar to the eyes of cats.
The angler, who is a big, sturdy man with large, black-rimmed spectacles upon his voluminous nose, is in his customary fishing-dress--an old straw hat with an elastic under the chin, his coat off, and no collar, on his legs a pair of thick, yellowish brown moleskin trousers, his feet in a pair of felt shoes, lined with straw.