Yellow
adjective
Having the color like that of the sun.
The sunflower has a bright yellow color.
Often appears as...
- yellow flower
- yellow sun
noun
The color between green and orange in the spectrum, a primary subtractive color complementary to blue.
Yellow is my favorite color.
Often appears as...
- bright yellow
- light yellow
verb
To make or become yellow.
The leaves yellow in the autumn.
Often appears as...
- yellow leaves
- yellow dress
adjective
Cowardly or treacherous.
He was too yellow to fight back.
Often appears as...
- yellow belly
- yellow streak
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A term used for sensational and scandalous journalism.
The newspaper was accused of yellow journalism.
Often appears as...
- yellow press
- yellow newspaper
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
adjective
Having the color like that of the sun.
The sunflower has a bright yellow color.
Often appears as...
- yellow flower
- yellow sun
noun
The color between green and orange in the spectrum, a primary subtractive color complementary to blue.
Yellow is my favorite color.
Often appears as...
- bright yellow
- light yellow
verb
To make or become yellow.
The leaves yellow in the autumn.
Often appears as...
- yellow leaves
- yellow dress
adjective
Cowardly or treacherous.
He was too yellow to fight back.
Often appears as...
- yellow belly
- yellow streak
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A term used for sensational and scandalous journalism.
The newspaper was accused of yellow journalism.
Often appears as...
- yellow press
- yellow newspaper
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Indicates Happiness
Yellow often conveys a sense of happiness or energy, especially in expressions and design.
Her yellow dress made the room feel cheerful.
Pro Tip 2/3Caution or Warning
Yellow can signal caution, used in traffic lights and warning signs.
The yellow light means slow down.
Pro Tip 3/3Attention Grabbing
Bright yellow can be used to grab attention, but can be overwhelming if overused.
The yellow highlights in the text helped focus on the key points.
Pro Tip 1/3Indicates Happiness
Yellow often conveys a sense of happiness or energy, especially in expressions and design.
Her yellow dress made the room feel cheerful.
Pro Tip 2/3Caution or Warning
Yellow can signal caution, used in traffic lights and warning signs.
The yellow light means slow down.
Pro Tip 3/3Attention Grabbing
Bright yellow can be used to grab attention, but can be overwhelming if overused.
The yellow highlights in the text helped focus on the key points.
Pro Tip 1/3Indicates Happiness
Yellow often conveys a sense of happiness or energy, especially in expressions and design.
Her yellow dress made the room feel cheerful.
Pro Tip 2/3Caution or Warning
Yellow can signal caution, used in traffic lights and warning signs.
The yellow light means slow down.
Pro Tip 3/3Attention Grabbing
Bright yellow can be used to grab attention, but can be overwhelming if overused.
The yellow highlights in the text helped focus on the key points.
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The loathsome, lethal...
Turns out we don't really like that too much. In fact, humans hate mosquitos so much that we spend billions of dollars worldwide to keep them away from us -- from citronella candles to bug sprays to heavy-duty agricultural pesticides. But it's not just that mosquitos are annoying, they're also deadly. Mosquitos can transmit everything from malaria to yellow fever
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How Mendel's pea plants...
their babies could have any of the three possible genotypes, showing the two possible phenotypes in a three-to-one proportion. But even peas have a lot of characteristics. For example, besides being yellow or green, peas may be round or wrinkled. So we could have all these possible round yellow peas, round green peas,
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Danica Patrick Eats a...
Oh, yeah. He's a little fatter. Yeah. Thing is, I've learned about scorpions-- and for years, I always used to eat them like this. What? And they taste disgusting because they're full of-- --this yellow kind of weird stuff and really pungent. It stays with you forever.
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How equal do we want the...
It's hard to see, there's yellow and blue in there. So what about other outcomes of wealth? Wealth is not just about wealth. We asked, what about things like health? What about availability of prescription medication? What about life expectancy?
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How to spot a...
forming a new compound that leaves a dark mark on the paper. However, in the absence of starch, there is no chemical reaction and the mark will look light yellow. So if the fake isn't printed on starchy paper, iodine solutions can't help you.
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What we know (and don't...
Like yellow fever or dengue, the disease caused by the Ebola virus is a severe type of hemorrhagic fever. It begins by attacking the immune system's cells and neutralizing its responses, allowing the virus to proliferate.
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Time Debt PIPE Linda...
yellow for mellow and green for romance colors y'all don't lie I could see my romance at a glance and blissful Green Day's were always followed by tearful blue ones our life together was more sad
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Deadly Killer Whale...
he just it just popped up right alongside me i think they've just really want to find out what this strange plastic yellow boat in their world is i'm seeing firsthand how intelligent they are
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The science of...
When you look at an object, thousands of neurons in your posterior cortex fire. These neurons encode various characteristics of the spiky, fruit, brown, green, and yellow.
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Snake Kills Rodent Which...
Even the baby is determined to help. But his mother has spotted something. This yellow rat snake isn't after monkeys.
Video examples
The loathsome, lethal...
Turns out we don't really like that too much. In fact, humans hate mosquitos so much that we spend billions of dollars worldwide to keep them away from us -- from citronella candles to bug sprays to heavy-duty agricultural pesticides. But it's not just that mosquitos are annoying, they're also deadly. Mosquitos can transmit everything from malaria to yellow fever
Video examples
How Mendel's pea plants...
their babies could have any of the three possible genotypes, showing the two possible phenotypes in a three-to-one proportion. But even peas have a lot of characteristics. For example, besides being yellow or green, peas may be round or wrinkled. So we could have all these possible round yellow peas, round green peas,
Video examples
Danica Patrick Eats a...
Oh, yeah. He's a little fatter. Yeah. Thing is, I've learned about scorpions-- and for years, I always used to eat them like this. What? And they taste disgusting because they're full of-- --this yellow kind of weird stuff and really pungent. It stays with you forever.
Video examples
How equal do we want the...
It's hard to see, there's yellow and blue in there. So what about other outcomes of wealth? Wealth is not just about wealth. We asked, what about things like health? What about availability of prescription medication? What about life expectancy?
Video examples
How to spot a...
forming a new compound that leaves a dark mark on the paper. However, in the absence of starch, there is no chemical reaction and the mark will look light yellow. So if the fake isn't printed on starchy paper, iodine solutions can't help you.
Video examples
What we know (and don't...
Like yellow fever or dengue, the disease caused by the Ebola virus is a severe type of hemorrhagic fever. It begins by attacking the immune system's cells and neutralizing its responses, allowing the virus to proliferate.
Video examples
Time Debt PIPE Linda...
yellow for mellow and green for romance colors y'all don't lie I could see my romance at a glance and blissful Green Day's were always followed by tearful blue ones our life together was more sad
Video examples
Deadly Killer Whale...
he just it just popped up right alongside me i think they've just really want to find out what this strange plastic yellow boat in their world is i'm seeing firsthand how intelligent they are
Video examples
The science of...
When you look at an object, thousands of neurons in your posterior cortex fire. These neurons encode various characteristics of the spiky, fruit, brown, green, and yellow.
Video examples
Snake Kills Rodent Which...
Even the baby is determined to help. But his mother has spotted something. This yellow rat snake isn't after monkeys.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Alice Walker
American Author
Part of our tradition as black women is that we are universalists. Black children, yellow children, red children, brown children, that is the black woman's normal, day-to-day relationship. In my family alone, we are about four different colors.
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Tomas Berdych
Czechoslovakian Athlete
Tennis players need to be very focused and very intense, and I can show tennis players are not just hitting the little yellow ball and moving in between the white lines. I'm always trying to show my personality outside of the court.
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Pam Grier
American Actress
That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character.
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Gianluca Vialli
Italian Manager
One of the important things, which I wrote on yellow post-it notes and stuck on the wall during therapy, was that we are the product of our own thoughts.
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Katie Hopkins
English Entertainer
There are important rules in life - like not parking on yellow lines or stealing from your neighbour. But some rules are made to be broken.
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Pablo Picasso
Spanish Painter
Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
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Tom Kenny
American Actor
I seem to voice a lot of sweet, kind of dumb yellow characters for some reason.
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George Wallace
American Politician
I love black people, I love white people, I love yellow people.
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Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch Painter
There is no blue without yellow and without orange.
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Fran Drescher
American Actress
Well, my favorite color I guess I would say yellow.
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Alice Walker
American Author
Part of our tradition as black women is that we are universalists. Black children, yellow children, red children, brown children, that is the black woman's normal, day-to-day relationship. In my family alone, we are about four different colors.
Quote examples
Tomas Berdych
Czechoslovakian Athlete
Tennis players need to be very focused and very intense, and I can show tennis players are not just hitting the little yellow ball and moving in between the white lines. I'm always trying to show my personality outside of the court.
Quote examples
Pam Grier
American Actress
That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character.
Quote examples
Gianluca Vialli
Italian Manager
One of the important things, which I wrote on yellow post-it notes and stuck on the wall during therapy, was that we are the product of our own thoughts.
Quote examples
Katie Hopkins
English Entertainer
There are important rules in life - like not parking on yellow lines or stealing from your neighbour. But some rules are made to be broken.
Quote examples
Pablo Picasso
Spanish Painter
Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
Quote examples
Tom Kenny
American Actor
I seem to voice a lot of sweet, kind of dumb yellow characters for some reason.
Quote examples
George Wallace
American Politician
I love black people, I love white people, I love yellow people.
Quote examples
Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch Painter
There is no blue without yellow and without orange.
Quote examples
Fran Drescher
American Actress
Well, my favorite color I guess I would say yellow.
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