yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
[ Syn: yellowness ]
yellow (n.)
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
easily frightened
[ Syn: chicken , chickenhearted , lily-livered , white-livered , yellow-bellied ]
changed to a yellowish color by age; yellowed parchment
[ Syn: yellowed ]
typical of tabloids; sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal; yellow press
[ Syn: scandalmongering , sensationalistic ]
cowardly or treacherous; the little yellow stain of treason-M.W.Straight; too yellow to stand and fight'
affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
yellow (adj.)
turn yellow; The pages of the book began to yellow'