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yellow
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yellow
1. any of a group of colours that vary in saturation but have the same hue. They lie in the approximate wavelength range 585--575 nanometres. Yellow is the complementary colour of blue and with cyan and magenta forms a set of primary colours
2. yellow cloth or clothing
3. the yolk of an egg
4. a yellow ball in snooker, etc.
5. any of a group of pieridine butterflies the males of which have yellow or yellowish wings, esp the clouded yellows (Colias spp.) and the brimstone
6. having a yellowish skin; Mongoloid

yellow
color symbolizing cowardice. [Western Culture: Misc.]
See : Cowardice

yellow
color of fecundity, relating to yellow sun and earth. [Eastern Color Symbolism: Binder, 78]
See : Fertility

yellow
color symbolizing jealousy. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 1704]
See : Jealousy

yellow
color marking doors of convicted traitors. [Fr. Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 1171]
See : Treachery

Yellow - A language from SRI proposed to meet the Ironman requirements which led to Ada.

["On the YELLOW Language Submitted to the DoD", E.W. Dijkstra, SIGPLAN Notices 13(10):22-26, Oct 1978].


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