Amber vs. Yellow

Ambernoun

(obsolete) Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.

Ambernoun

A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent fossil resin, used for jewellery. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.

Ambernoun

A yellow-orange colour.

Ambernoun

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

Ambernoun

The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence.

Amberadjective

Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.

Amberverb

To perfume or flavour with ambergris.

Amberverb

To preserve in amber.

Amberverb

To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.

Amberverb

To take on the yellow colour of amber.

Ambernoun

A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric.

Ambernoun

Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.

Ambernoun

Ambergris.

Ambernoun

The balsam, liquidambar.

Amberadjective

Consisting of amber; made of amber.

Amberadjective

Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored.

Amberverb

To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.

Amberverb

To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.

Ambernoun

a deep yellow color;

Ambernoun

a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry

Amberadjective

a medium to dark brownish yellow color

Ambernoun

hard translucent fossilized resin originating from extinct coniferous trees of the Tertiary period, typically yellowish in colour. It has been used in jewellery since antiquity.

Ambernoun

a honey-yellow colour typical of amber

Ambernoun

a yellow light used as a cautionary signal between green for ‘go’ and red for ‘stop’

Amber

Amber is fossilized tree resin that has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects.

Yellowadjective

Having yellow as its colour.

Yellowadjective

(informal) Lacking courage.

Yellowadjective

Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.

Yellowadjective

Far East Asian relating to Asian people.

Yellowadjective

Of mixed Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry.

Yellowadjective

High yellow.

Yellowadjective

Related to the Liberal Democrats.

Yellowadjective

(politics) Related to the Free Democratic Party of Germany.

Yellownoun

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

Yellownoun

(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.

Yellownoun

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

Yellownoun

(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).

Yellownoun

(sports) A yellow card.

Yellowverb

(intransitive) To become yellow or more yellow.

Yellowverb

(transitive) To make (something) yellow or more yellow.

Yellowadjective

Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.

Yellowadjective

Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he has a yellow streak.

Yellowadjective

Sensational; - said of some newspapers, their makers, etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc.

Yellownoun

A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green.

Yellownoun

A yellow pigment.

Yellowverb

To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow.

Yellowverb

To become yellow or yellower.

Yellownoun

the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons

Yellowverb

turn yellow;

Yellowadjective

similar to the color of an egg yolk

Yellowadjective

easily frightened

Yellowadjective

changed to a yellowish color by age;

Yellowadjective

typical of tabloids;

Yellowadjective

cowardly or treacherous;

Yellowadjective

affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc

Yellowadjective

of the colour between green and orange in the spectrum, a primary subtractive colour complementary to blue; coloured like ripe lemons or egg yolks

Yellowadjective

having a naturally yellowish or olive skin (as used to describe Chinese or Japanese people).

Yellowadjective

denoting a warning of danger which is thought to be near but not actually imminent

Yellowadjective

not brave; cowardly

Yellowadjective

showing jealousy or suspicion.

Yellowadjective

(of a style of writing, especially in journalism) lurid and sensational

Yellownoun

yellow colour or pigment

Yellownoun

yellow clothes or material

Yellownoun

a yellow ball or piece in a game or sport, especially the yellow ball in snooker

Yellownoun

used in names of moths or butterflies that are mainly yellow in colour.

Yellownoun

any of a number of plant diseases in which the leaves turn yellow, typically caused by viruses and transmitted by insects.

Yellowverb

become yellow, especially with age

Yellow

Yellow is the color between orange and green on the spectrum of visible light. It is evoked by light with a dominant wavelength of roughly 575–585 nm.