yellow-red
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.60 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "After a few days the silver appeared to become more colloidal and the sections were stained a yellow-red color."
- "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."
- "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."
- "Obviously one will be red, but will the other hue be a yellow-red (orange) or a red-purple?"
- "The cultural meanings associated with yellow and yellow-red (orange) are varied."
Etymology
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ȝelu-red, ġeolurēad, *gelwaraud
Usage
Inflected Forms
more yellow-red (comparative)
most yellow-red (superlative)
yellowred (alternative, uncommon)
yellow-reds (plural)