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yellow-red
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From Middle English ȝelu-red, ȝolowhered, from Old English ġeolurēad (“reddish yellow, orange”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelwaraud (“orange”), equivalent to yellow + red. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jeelrood (“orange”), Dutch geelrood (“orange”), German Low German geelroot (“orange”), German gelbrot (“yellow-red, orange”).
adjective more yellow-red · most yellow-red · yellowred
- Of a colour between yellow and red; orange. 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.
- Consisting of yellow and red colours individually.
noun yellow-reds · yellowred
- The colour orange. Obviously one will be red, but will the other hue be a yellow-red (orange) or a red-purple?
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