Definition of Yellow

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Yellow

Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he has a yellow streak.

Sensational; -- said of some newspapers, their makers, etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc.

Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.

A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green.

A yellow pigment.

To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow.

To become yellow or yellower.

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Yellow Quotations

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
Pablo Picasso

I told my dentist my teeth are going yellow. he told me to wear a brown tie.
Rodney Dangerfield

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.
Vincent Van Gogh

I was for years in the yellow period, you know.
Josef Albers

As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I just didn't want a white guy guarding me, because it's disrespect to my game.
Larry Bird

I like it, but it's yellow, and I'm like, I didn't want yellow for my engagement ring.
Paris Hilton

You may be assured that we won't ever let your words die. Like the words of our Master, Jesus Christ, they will live in our minds and our hearts and in the souls of black men and white men, brown men and yellow men as long as time shall last.
Ralph Abernathy

The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.
L. Frank Baum

My fondest hope is that 'Roots' may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. Man, that would make me feel 90 feet tall.
Alex Haley

On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from France took charge of me and placed me under the care of two Quaker ladies. To their skillful and untiring care I may safely say I owe my life.
John James Audubon

Yellow Translations

yellow in Afrikaans is geel
yellow in Danish is gul
yellow in Dutch is geel
yellow in Finnish is keltainen
yellow in French is jaune
yellow in German is gelb
yellow in Italian is giallo
yellow in Latin is crocinus, croceus
yellow in Norwegian is gul
yellow in Portuguese is amarelo
yellow in Spanish is amarillo
yellow in Swedish is gul

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