yellowness

Roget category 436

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#436. Yellowness

noun

yellow etc. adj. — or.
[Pigments] gamboge — cadmium-yellow, chrome-yellow, Indian-yellow king's-yellow, lemonyellow — orpiment^†, yellow ocher, Claude tint, aureolin^† — xanthein [Chem], xanthin^† — zaofulvin^†.
crocus, saffron, topaz — xanthite^† — yolk.
jaundice — London fog^† — yellowness etc. adj. — icterus^† — xantho-cyanopia^†, xanthopsia [Med.].

adjective

yellow, aureate, golden, flavous^†, citrine, fallow — fulvous^†, fulvid^† — sallow, luteous^†, tawny, creamy, sandy — xanthic^†, xanthous^† — jaundiced^†, auricomous^†.
gold-colored, citron-colored, saffron-colored, lemon-colored, lemon yellow, sulphur-colored, amber-colored, straw-colored, primrose-colored, creamcolored — xanthocarpous^†, xanthochroid^†, xanthopous^†.
yellow as a quince, yellow as a guinea, yellow as a crow's foot.
warm, advancing.

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