yellow-green

noun

A yellowish-green colour.

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chromatic
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Meanings

nounyellow-green (countable and uncountable, plural yellow-greens)

plural yellow-greens

  1. countableuncountableA yellowish-green colour.
adjectiveyellow-green (comparative more yellow-green, superlative most yellow-green)

comparative more yellow-green · superlative most yellow-green

  1. A yellowish-green colour.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof a color midway between yellow and green

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chromatic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From yellow + green.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 黃綠色 /黄绿色
  • 黃綠色 /黄绿色 (wong⁴ luk⁶ sik¹)colour
Chinese Mandarin 黃綠 /黄绿 黃綠色 /黄绿色
  • 黃綠 /黄绿 黃綠色 /黄绿色 (huánglǜ)colour
Dutch geelgroen
  • geelgroencolour
Finnish kellanvihreä
  • kellanvihreäcolour
French vert-jaune
  • vert-jaunecolour
German gelbgrün, grüngelb
  • gelbgrüncolour
  • grüngelbcolour
Japanese 黄緑, 黄緑色
  • 黄緑 (kimidori)colour
  • 黄緑色 (ōryokushoku)colour
Korean 연두, 연두색
  • 연두 (yeondu)colour
  • 연두색 (yeondusaek)colour
Latin flavoviridis
  • flavoviridiscolour
Polish żółtozielony
  • żółtozielonycolour
Russian жё̀лто-зелё́ный
  • жё̀лто-зелё́ный (žòlto-zeljónyj)colour
Cite this entry
APA

yellow-green. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow-green

MLA

“yellow-green.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow-green. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yellow-green,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow-green.

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