yellow (redirected from yellowness)

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

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yellow [yel·ō]

(optics)

The hue evoked in an average observer by monochromatic radiation having a wavelength in the approximate range from 577 to 597 nanometers; however, the same sensation can be produced in a variety of other ways.

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yellow

color symbolizing cowardice. [Western Culture: Misc.]

See : Cowardice

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yellow

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

See : Fertility

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yellow

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

See : Jealousy

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yellow

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

See : Treachery

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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].