yellow-green
[ yel-oh-green ]
noun
a color containing both yellow and green.
adjective
of the color yellow-green.
Origin of yellow-green
1First recorded in 1760–70
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How to use yellow-green in a sentence
Dye called green may be really blue-green or yellow-green, and combined with red, will make a muddy color.
Philippine Mats | Hugo H. MillerHe drew rein once, to gaze up through the dome at the yellow-green disk of Jursa.
The Envoy, Her | Horace Brown FyfeChlorine is a yellow-green gas, which may, by cold and pressure, be condensed into a liquid.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection | Alexander Wynter BlythAt times the light was nimble, flinging itself about in rich waves, warming to dazzling yellow-green and rose.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThe color is a yellow-green, of which dark and light impressions may readily be found.
History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America | John Kerr Tiffany
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