The difference between Yellow and Yellow-green

When used as adjectives, yellow means having yellow as its colour, whereas yellow-green means a bright yellowish-green colour.


Yellow is also noun with the meaning: the colour of gold, butter, or a lemon.

Yellow is also verb with the meaning: to become yellow or more yellow.

check bellow for the other definitions of Yellow and Yellow-green

  1. Yellow as an adjective:

    Having yellow as its colour.

  2. Yellow as an adjective (informal):

    Lacking courage.

  3. Yellow as an adjective (publishing, journalism):

    Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.

  4. Yellow as an adjective (chiefly, derogatory, offensive):

    Far East Asian .

  5. Yellow as an adjective (dated, Australia, offensive):

    Of mixed Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry.

  6. Yellow as an adjective (dated, US):

    High yellow.

  7. Yellow as an adjective (UK, politics):

    Related to the Liberal Democrats.

    Examples:

    "yellow constituencies"

  8. Yellow as an adjective (politics):

    Related to the of Germany.

    Examples:

    "the black-yellow coalition"

  1. Yellow as a noun:

    The colour of gold, butter, or a lemon; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.

  2. Yellow as a noun (US):

    The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, the illumination of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.

  3. Yellow as a noun (snooker):

    One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.

  4. Yellow as a noun (pocket billiards):

    One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally British version of pool that makes use of unnumbered balls (the (yellow(s) and red(s)); contrast stripes and solids in the originally American version with numbered balls).

  5. Yellow as a noun (sports):

    A yellow card.

  1. Yellow as a verb (intransitive):

    To become yellow or more yellow.

  2. Yellow as a verb (transitive):

    To make (something) yellow or more yellow.

  1. Yellow-green as an adjective:

    A bright yellowish-green colour.