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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 colorplay

  Familiarity information: BROWNISH-YELLOW used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BROWNISH-YELLOW (adjective)


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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