yellow-red

comparative more yellow-red · superlative most yellow-red · alternative uncommon yellowred

1. Of a colour between yellow and red; orange.

   After a few days the silver appeared to become more colloidal and the sections were stained a yellow-red color.

   1953, International Review of Cytology, volume 2, page 86

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   The spar buoy is a red and white horizontally striped pole with a yellow top and has a yellow-red ball at the top and a yellow triangular flag beneath the ball.

   1953, Sailing Directions for Northern U.S.S.R., page 20

   I'd been told many times that my yellow-red hair and peach skin were beautiful, that their contrast with my dark eyes was compelling.

   2008, Traci L. Slatton, Immortal, page 6

   Her yellow-red eyes reflected the torches on either side of her throne. A black cape with a crimson lining finished the outfit, connecting to two red stones on her fingers. She could drop any mortal man dead just by her looks.

   2010, Alexandra Livingston, Defy the Gods, page 8

2. Consisting of yellow and red colours individually.

plural yellow-reds · alternative uncommon yellowred

1. countableuncommonuncountableThe colour orange.

   The cultural meanings associated with yellow and yellow-red (orange) are varied.

   2017, Jim Long, The New Munsell Student Color Set, page 33

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   Obviously one will be red, but will the other hue be a yellow-red (orange) or a red-purple?

   1930, Benson H. Paul, C. A. Plaskett, Charles Nicholas Ainslie, A Method for Determining the Color of Agricultural Products