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BROWNISH-YELLOW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brownish-yellow mean?
• BROWNISH-YELLOW (adjective)
The adjective BROWNISH-YELLOW has 1 sense:
1. of a medium to dark brownish yellow color
Familiarity information: BROWNISH-YELLOW used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a medium to dark brownish yellow color
Synonyms:
amber; brownish-yellow; yellow-brown
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
Context examples
Under a low-pressure sodium (LPS) lamp, which makes everything appear monochromatic, like a black and white movie with a brownish-yellow filter, everyone looked sick.
(Rosy health and sickly green: color associations play robust role in reading faces, National Institutes of Health)
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