A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin


yellow: see golden-yellow; 1. luteus,-a,-um (adj.A), q.v.'of or belonging to the yellow-weed; of the color of lutum, q.v.1; golden-yellow, saffron-yellow, orange-yellow; the yolk of an egg; flame-colored;' deep yellow, golden-yellow, buttercup-yellow (H.C.C.5). in general deeper than flavus and not verging to red as croceus; the name from lutum, weld, q.v., dyer's rocket (Reseda luteola). Lutum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. luto: a yellow color, yellow. lutescens,-entis (part.B), becoming yellow, yellowish; luteolus,-a,-um (adj.A), subluteus,-a,-um (adj.A): somewhat yellow, yellowish. luteo-:in L. comp. yellow-. - luteobaccatus, with yellow berries; luteovenius, yellow-veined; luteostamineus, yellow-stamened. Luteidiscus St.John; Aster luteus (N.E.Br.) Hutch.; Distephanus subluteus NOTE: luteus,-a,-um (adj.A): of mud or clay; bemired, muddy may also indicate the color of mud, such as buff or fulvous; from lutum,-i (s.n.II), mud, clay. 2. flavus,-a,-um (adj.A), 'golden yellow, reddish yellow, flaxen-colored, blonde; syn xanthos;' yellow, 'pure' yellow. flavescens,-entis (part.B), yellowish, becoming yellow; flavicans,-antis (part.B): becoming yellow. flavellus,-a,-um (adj.A), flaveolus,-a,-um (adj.A), flavidus,-a,-um (adj.A), flavidulus,-a,-um (adj.A): yellowish. Achyrocline flavescens Griseb; Eupatorium flavidulum Urb. & Ekman, Achyrocline flavida S.F.Blake; Chrysanthemum flaveolum Cout. flav-, flavi-, flavo-: in L. comp. yellow-; - flavantherus, yellow-anthered; Sphyrospermum flaviflorum, with yellow flowers; note the -i- connecting vowel; flavibaccatus, yellow-berried; flavinervius, yellow-nerved; flavisetus, with yellow setae; flavisquamatus, with yellow scales; flavistamineus, yellow-stamened; Gnaphalium flavocephalum G.L.Nesom, with yellow heads; Hymenopappus flavomarginatus I.M.Johnst. with yellow margin; Thelesperma flavodiscum (Shinners) B.L.Turner, with yellow disc. 3. aureus,-a,-um (adj.A), auricolor,-oris (adj.B): 'golden-yellow;' aureolus,-a,-um (adj.A), somewhat gold in color; aurescens,-entis (part.B), becoming golden-yellow; auratus,-a,-um (adj.A), flecked with gold, gilt; dim. aureolus,-a,-um (adj.A); aureolinus,-a,-um (adj.A), aureolin yellow (H.C.C. 3); aurosus,-a,-um (adj.A): of the color of gold, like gold; aurugineus,-a,-um (adj.A): jaundiced, yellow color; aurulentus,-a,-um (adj.A): of the color of gold; - aureobaccatis, with golden-yellow berries. Solidago virgaurea L. "rod of gold" or goldenrod, from L. virga,-ae (s.f.I), twig, rod switch and aureus. 4. chrys-, chryso-,-chryseus,-a,-um (adj.A): in Gk. comp., golden, 'not only the tint but the lustre of gold' (Stearn 1983); - chrysanthus, golden-flowered; chrysocarpus, golden-fruited; chrysocephalus, with golden head; chrysocladus, with golden twigs; chrysographes, with golden markings; chrysospermus, with golden seeds. - hypochryseus, golden beneath, somewhat golden; chrysellus,-a,-um (adj.A): somewhat golden. Chrysocephalum (yellow head), Chrysoglossum (yellow tongue) - chlor-, chloro-, -chlorus,-a,-um (adj.A): in Gk. comp., a hue between yellow and green, greenish-yellow; - hypochlorus, yellowish-green beneath, somewhat yellowish-green. 5. elapho-: in Gk. comp. fawn-colored (light brown tinged with yellow). 6. xanth-, xantho-,-xanthus,-a,-um (adj.A): in Gk. comp., yellow; syn. flavus; - chloroxanthus, greenish-wellow; xanthacanthus, with yellow spines or thorns; xanthocarpus, with yellow fruits; xanthocephalus, yellow-headed; xanthochymus, with yellow sap or latex; xanthophlebius or xanthoneurus,with yellow veins; xanthophyllus, with yellow leaves; xanthorrhizus, with yellow roots; xanthosphaerus, with yellow spheres or globes; xanthostylus, with yellow styles; xanthotrichus, with yellow hairs. - xanthochlorus, yellowish-green; xanthochrous, yellow-colored; xanthophoeniceus, yellowish-red (scarlet); xanthoporphyreus, xanthoprorphyrus, yellowish-purple. Xanthocephalum Willd.; Xanthochrysum Turcz.; Xanthocoma Kunth; Xantholepis Willd. ex Less.; Xanthopappus C.Winkl.; Xanthophthalmum Sch.Bip. Yellowish-red: flavorubescens,-entis (part.B): Amanita flavorubescens, a mushroom With a yellow cap and light reddish color at the base of the stalk. - xanthellus,-a,-um (adj.A), xanthinus,-a,-um (adj.A): yellowish. 7. xuth-, xutho-: in Gk. comp. golden yellow (Stearn 1983)[> Gk. xouthos, golden yellow, akin to xanthos - a color between xanthos and pyrrhus, yellowish tawny, dusky]. Reactions: - juventute (young state), aetate (in time), maturitate (at maturity): (abl. of time within which): pileus juventute luteus, pileus in youth yellow. - bruised: contusus,-a,-um (part.A): pileus ubi contusus lutescens, pileus when bruised becoming yellow. - cut: scissus,-a,-um (part.A), sectus,-a,-um (part.A): pileus postquam sectus flavescens, pileus after having been cut turning yellow. - exudatum colore flavo Martis (Ridgway), exudate with the color yellow of Mars (Ridgway). - jodo flavescens, in iodine turning yellow (yellowish). Adjectives are modified by adverbs: - dilute (adv.)luteus, pallide (adv.) luteus, dilute or pale yellow; pallide vel mediocriter (adv.) luteus, paley to moderately yellow. - medie (adv.), mediocriter (adv.): moderately, medium-: medie luteus, medium yellow. - "deep shades of colour are usually indicated by adding the prefix atro- to the colour-name;" (Stearn 1983) who also indicated that the prefix implies "blackish or very dark." atro-luteus, deep (dark) yellow. - saturate (adv.), vivide (adv.) luteus, saturated, vivid yellow (bright yellow). - obscure (adv.): indistinctly, obscurely; 'dull' of colors: obscure luteus, dull yellow. - sordide (adv.) luteus: dingy, dirty yellow. - fusci-, fusco-: in L. comp., darkened or dark brown-: fusco-luteus, dark-brownish yellow. - sordide (adv.) luteus: dingy, dirty yellow. - intense yellow: flavissimus; Chrysocephalum flavissimum Steetz; alutaceus,-a,-um (adj.A): leather-yellow, a whitish yellow. amber-colored, a dark orange-yellow: electrinus,-a,-um (adj.), sucinacius, succineus (sucineus),-a, -um (adj.A), q.v. argillaceus,-a,-um (adj.A): clay-colored, pale yellow, drab or dirty yellow. aureolin yellow (H.C.C. 3): aureolinus,-a,-um (adj.A). becoming yellow: flavescens,-entis (part.B), lutescens,-entis (part.B). blackish yellow: luteofuscus,-a,-um (adj.A). brassy, more yellowy and shining than coppery yellow (+ red); aeneus,-a,-um (adj.A). browns: fawn-colored, light brown tinged with yellow: hinnuleus,-a,-um (adj.A); in Gk. comp., elapho-. golden-brown: aureo-fuscus. light brown mixed with yellow and red (Lindley): cinnamomeus,-a,-um (adj.A). brownish yellow, the brown very light: ochraceus,-a,-um (adj.A); brunneolo-flavus, infuscato-luteus. buff, q.v.: fulvus,-a,-um (adj.A). buttercup yellow: ranunculinus,-a,-um (adj.A), yellow with some red. byssinus,-a,-um (adj.A): the yellow of raw silk. canary yellow: canarinus,-a,-um (adj.A). Chinese yellow: sinico-flavus,-a,-um (adj.A). chlorine, yellow-green: chlorinus,-a,-um (adj.A). chrome yellow: luteus chromaticus,-a,-um (adj.A) cinnamomeus: cinnamon-colored, 'light brown mixed with yellow and red' (Lindley). citrine, a pale greenish-yellow (citron-green, H.C.C.1.63): olivaceo-citrinus,-a,-um (adj.A), citrino-viridis,-e (adj.B); see lemon-yellow. clay-colored: see drab. coppery yellow (+ reddish) cupreus, cyprinus, cuprescens; more yellowy and shining, brassy: aeneus. daffodil, “a light to moderate yellow that is redder and less strong than amber yellow or apricot yellow...”: jonquilleus,-a,-um (adj.A); see jonquil. drab, dirty, or sordid yellow: luridus,-a,-um (adj.A) 'pale yellow, sallow, wan, ghastly, lurid,' see lurid below; argillaceus,-a,-um (adj.A): clay-colored. Dresden-yellow, a pale greenish-yellow: flavus dresdanus egg yellow: luteus,-a,-um (adj.A), vitellinus,-a,-um (adj.A), xanthus,-a,-um (adj.A); vitellinus,-a,-um (adj.A): egg-yolk yellow, 'dull yellow just turning to red' (Lindley, in Stearn 1983). flavo-rufus,-a,-um (adj.A): yellow-red (Stearn 1996). fulvus,-a,-um (adj.A): fulvous, tawny, 'dull yellow with a mixture of gray and brown' (Lindley), yellowish-brown (Stearn 1983), lion-colored (leochromus,-a,-um (adj.A). gilvus,-a,-um (adj.A): dull yellow, yellowish tan, but also applied to reddish or grayish colors found on horses (Stearn 1983). golden yellow: aureus,-a,-um (adj.A). grayish-yellow, yellowish-gray, tawny: ravus,-a,-um (adj.A); ravido-flavus,-a,-um (adj.A); grayed-yellows include bubalinus, buff, chamois. isabellinus, q.v., ochraceus, ochre-yellow (Stearn, 1983); ravus,-a,-um (adj.A), grayish-yellow, yellowish-gray, tawny; helvus is a 'light bay, pale red, 'the dingy color of oxen.' grayish yellow + brown: helvolus,-a,-um (adj.A), although this word classically referred to a pale yellow or yellowish wine. greenish yellow: galbanus,-a,-um (adj.A), galbinus,-a,-um (adj.A), viridi-flavus, flavo-virens,-entis (part.B); pale greenish-yellows: primulinus,-a,-um (adj.A) (primrose-yellow); herbaceus,-a,-um (adj.A), q.v., “merely green, or thin, green, and cellular, as the tissue of membranous leaves” (Lindley), "herbaceous, i.e. grass-green or yellow-green in color, or green and slightly fleshy, [succulent], as opposed to faded, colorless and dry” (Stearn). grenadine pink: "a strong yellowish pink that is redder and stronger than average salmon, yellower and deeper than melon, and yellower and stronger than peach red" [WIII}: color grenadino-roseus, grenadino-roseolus (adj.A). helveolus,,-a,-um (adj.A), helvolus,-a,-um (adj.A): pale yellow, yellowish. honey-colored: melleus,-a,-um (adj.A), mellinus,-a,-um (adj.A). Indian-yellow: indico-flavus, with the addition of some red. jaundice-yellow: icterinus,-a,-um (adj.A). jonquilleus,-a,-um (adj.A): see daffodil above. leather-yellow (whitish-yellow): alutaceus,-a,-um (adj.A). lemon-yellow, “lemon colored. The purest yellow, without any brightness; as in a Lemon when ripe” (Lindley): citrellus,-a,-um (adj.A), citreus,-a,-um (adj.A), citrinellus,-a,-um (adj.A), citrinus,-a,-um (adj.A), limoneus,-a,-um (adj.A); see citrine. lurid: luridus,-a,-um (adj.A): dirty brown, smoky yellow, drab yellow; sometimes confused in application with lividus, q.v. (Stearn 1983); wan or ghastly pale. maize yellow, corn yellow: maydi-flavus,-a,-um (adj.A). Mars yellow: color flavus Martis, the yellow color of Mars (Ridgway); see Mars, Martis: exudatum colore flavo Martis (Ridgway), exudate with the color yellow of Mars (Ridgway). mimosa-yellow: mimosinus,-a,-um (adj.A). ochre yellow, yellow with brownish tinge, yellowish-brown: ochraceus,-a,-um (adj.A); ochroleucus,-a,-um (adj.A): ochre-: whitened or pale yellowish-brown, yellowish white. orange: aurantiacus,-a,-um (adj.A), aurantius,-a,-um (adj.A), redder than apricot-colored (armeniacus,-a,-um (adj.A), which is yellow with a sense of red. pale yellow: -leucus: in Gk. comp., white-; when associated with color terms 'paleness' is indicated. primrose yellow, pale greenish yellow: primulinus,-a,-um (adj.A) saffron yellow: crocatus,-a,-um (adj.A), croceoflavus,-a,-um (adj.A), croceus,-a,-um (adj.A), with some red; crocinus,-a,-um (adj.A). straw yellow: paleus,-a,-um (adj.A), stramineus,-a,-um (adj.A), straminellus,-a,-um (adj.A). sulphur yellow: sulphureus,-a,-um (adj.A), sulphurellus,-a,-um (adj.A), sulphurinus,-a,-um (adj.A). tawny: fulvus,-a,-um (adj.A): fulvous, tawny, 'dull yellow with a mixture of gray and brown' (Lindley), yellowish-brown (Stearn), dull yellowish-brown (S&D), lion-colored; 'deep yellow, reddish yellow, gold-colored, tawny;' leochromus,-a,-um (adj.A), the color of lions; corpora leonum (bodies of lions); “tawny; dull yellow-brown” (Magill 1990). Subst. fulvum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. fulvo, reddish-yellow [sc. color] (Lewis & Short). testaceus,-a,-um (adj.A): brownish yellow, like that of unglazed earthenware; also 'brick-red.' waxy-yellow, 'dull yellow with a soft mixture of reddish brown (Lindley); wax-gold: cerinus,-a,-um (adj.A)(Stearn 1983); “the color of yellow wax” (Lindley). wax white, whitish yellow: albiceratus,-a,-um (adj.A), albiceris,-e (adj.B) or albicerus,-a,-um (adj.A) (albus + cera). whitish yellow: albolutescens,-entis (part.B), alboluteus,-a,-um (adj.A), alutaceus,-a,-um (adj.A; see above); ochroleucus,-a,-um (adj.A). Yellow, the color: lutum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. luto, q.v.; luror,-oris (s.m.III), abl. sg. lurore: a yellowish color, sallowness, paleness. yellowing: flavens,-entis (part.B). yellowish: flavidus,-a,-um (adj.A), luteolus,-a,-um (adj.A), lutescens,-entis (part.B), subalutaceus,-a,-um (adj.A), subflavus,-a,-um (adj.A); flavescens, sublutescens, lutescens, subluteus. yellowish-brown: ochraceus,-a,-um (adj.A). yellowish-green: flavo-virens,-entis (part.B); Aster flavovirens Kuntze; see citrine.above. yellowish-gray: flavicinereus,-a,-um (adj.A); Psiadia flavocinerea Humbert whitish-yellow: albogilvus,-a,-um, albiceratus,-a,-um (adj.A), albiceris,-e (adj. B), albicerus,-a,-um (adj.A). yellow-stuffed: luteofarctus,-a,-um (adj.A). yellowish-white: eburneus (white with yellowish tinge); -leucus: in L. & Gk. comp., white-. When associated with color terms 'paleness' is indicated; ochro-leucus, whitish yellow-brown.
Yellow Color: see golden-yellow; 1. luteus,-a,-um (adj.A), q.v.'of or belonging to the yellow-weed (Reseda luteola); of the color of lutum, q.v.1; golden-yellow, saffron-yellow, orange-yellow; the yolk of an egg; flame-colored;' deep yellow, golden-yellow, buttercup-yellow (H.C.C.5); in general deeper than flavus and not verging to red as croceus; the name from lutum, weld, q.v., dyer's rocket (Reseda luteola). Lutum,-i (s.n.II), q.v., abl. sg. luto: a yellow color, yellow. lutescens,-entis (part.B), becoming yellow, yellowish; luteolus,-a,-um (adj.A), subluteus,-a,-um (adj.A): somewhat yellow, yellowish. luteo-:in L. comp. yellow-. - luteobaccatus, with yellow berries; luteovenius, yellow-veined; luteostamineus, yellow-stamened. Luteidiscus St.John; Aster luteus (N.E.Br.) Hutch.; Distephanus subluteus NOTE: luteus,-a,-um (adj.A): of mud or clay; bemired, muddy may also indicate the color of mud, such as buff or fulvous; from lutum,-i (s.n.II), mud, clay. 2. flavus,-a,-um (adj.A), 'golden yellow, reddish yellow, flaxen-colored, blonde; syn xanthos;' yellow, 'pure' yellow. flavescens,-entis (part.B), yellowish, becoming yellow; flavicans,-antis (part.B): becoming yellow. flavellus,-a,-um (adj.A), flaveolus,-a,-um (adj.A), flavidus,-a,-um (adj.A), flavidulus,-a,-um (adj.A): yellowish. Achyrocline flavescens Griseb; Eupatorium flavidulum Urb. & Ekman, Achyrocline flavida S.F.Blake; Chrysanthemum flaveolum Cout. flav-, flavi-, flavo-: in L. comp. yellow-; - flavantherus, yellow-anthered; Sphyrospermum flaviflorum, with yellow flowers; note the -i- connecting vowel; flavibaccatus, yellow-berried; flavinervius, yellow-nerved; flavisetus, with yellow setae; flavisquamatus, with yellow scales; flavistamineus, yellow-stamened; Gnaphalium flavocephalum G.L.Nesom, with yellow heads; Hymenopappus flavomarginatus I.M.Johnst. with yellow margin; Thelesperma flavodiscum (Shinners) B.L.Turner, with yellow disc. 3. aureus,-a,-um (adj.A), auricolor,-oris (adj.B): 'golden-yellow;' aureolus,-a,-um (adj.A), somewhat gold in color; aurescens,-entis (part.B), becoming golden-yellow; auratus,-a,-um (adj.A), flecked with gold, gilt; dim. aureolus,-a,-um (adj.A); aureolinus,-a,-um (adj.A), aureolin yellow (H.C.C. 3); aurosus,-a,-um (adj.A): of the color of gold, like gold; aurugineus,-a,-um (adj.A): jaundiced, jaundiced-yellow, a yellow color; aurulentus,-a,-um (adj.A): of the color of gold; - aureobaccatis, with golden-yellow berries. Solidago virgaurea L. "rod of gold" or goldenrod, from L. virga,-ae (s.f.I), twig, rod switch and aureus. 4. chrys-, chryso-,-chryseus,-a,-um (adj.A): in Gk. comp., golden, 'not only the tint but the lustre of gold' (Stearn 1983); - chrysanthus, golden-flowered; chrysocarpus, golden-fruited; chrysocephalus, with golden head; chrysocladus, with golden twigs; chrysographes, with golden markings; chrysospermus, with golden seeds. - hypochryseus, golden beneath, somewhat golden; chrysellus,-a,-um (adj.A): somewhat golden. Chrysocephalum (yellow head), Chrysoglossum (yellow tongue) - chlor-, chloro-, -chlorus,-a,-um (adj.A): in Gk. comp., a hue between yellow and green, greenish-yellow; - hypochlorus, yellowish-green beneath, somewhat yellowish-green. 5. elapho-: in Gk. comp. fawn-colored (light brown tinged with yellow). 6. xanth-, xantho-,-xanthus,-a,-um (adj.A): in Gk. comp., yellow; syn. flavus; - chloroxanthus, greenish-wellow; xanthacanthus, with yellow spines or thorns; xanthocarpus, with yellow fruits; xanthocephalus, yellow-headed; xanthochymus, with yellow sap or latex; xanthophlebius or xanthoneurus,with yellow veins; xanthophyllus, with yellow leaves; xanthorrhizus, with yellow roots; xanthosphaerus, with yellow spheres or globes; xanthostylus, with yellow styles; xanthotrichus, with yellow hairs. - xanthochlorus, yellowish-green; xanthochrous, yellow-colored; xanthophoeniceus, yellowish-red (scarlet); xanthoporphyreus, xanthoprorphyrus, yellowish-purple. Xanthocephalum Willd.; Xanthochrysum Turcz.; Xanthocoma Kunth; Xantholepis Willd. ex Less.; Xanthopappus C.Winkl.; Xanthophthalmum Sch.Bip. anthoxanthinum,-i (s.m.II), abl.sg. anthoxanthino: anthoxanthine, “the yellow coloring matter of plants” (Lindley). xanthellus,-a,-um (adj.A), xanthicus,-a,-um (adj.A), q.v., xanthinus,-a,-um (adj.A): yellowish, tending to a yellowish color. xanthicus,-a,-um (adj.A): “of, relating to, or tending toward a yellow color; (of a flower) colored with some tint of yellow” (WIII). 7. xuth-, xutho-: in Gk. comp. golden yellow (Stearn 1983)[> Gk. xouthos, golden yellow, akin to xanthos - a color between xanthos and pyrrhus, yellowish tawny, dusky]. Reactions: - juventute (young state), aetate (in time), maturitate (at maturity): (abl. of time within which): pileus juventute luteus, pileus in youth yellow. - bruised: contusus,-a,-um (part.A): pileus ubi contusus lutescens, pileus when bruised becoming yellow. - cut: scissus,-a,-um (part.A), sectus,-a,-um (part.A): pileus postquam sectus flavescens, pileus after having been cut turning yellow. - exudatum colore flavo Martis (Ridgway), exudate with the color yellow of Mars (Ridgway). - jodo flavescens, in iodine turning yellow (yellowish). Adjectives are modified by adverbs: - dilute (adv.)luteus, pallide (adv.) luteus, dilute or pale yellow; pallide vel mediocriter (adv.) luteus, pale to moderately yellow. - medie (adv.), mediocriter (adv.): moderately, medium-: medie luteus, medium yellow. - "deep shades of colour are usually indicated by adding the prefix atro- to the colour-name;" (Stearn 1983) who also indicated that the prefix implies "blackish or very dark." atro-luteus, deep (dark) yellow. - saturate (adv.), vivide (adv.) luteus, saturated, vivid yellow (bright yellow). - obscure (adv.): indistinctly, obscurely; 'dull' of colors: obscure luteus, dull yellow. - sordide (adv.) luteus: dingy, dirty yellow. - fusci-, fusco-: in L. comp., darkened or dark brown-: fusco-luteus, dark-brownish yellow. - intense yellow: flavissimus; Chrysocephalum flavissimum Steetz; alutaceus,-a,-um (adj.A): leather-yellow, a whitish yellow. amber-colored, a dark orange-yellow: electrinus,-a,-um (adj.), sucinacius, succineus (sucineus),-a, -um (adj.A), q.v. argillaceus,-a,-um (adj.A): clay-colored, pale yellow, drab or dirty yellow. aureolin yellow (H.C.C. 3): aureolinus,-a,-um (adj.A). becoming yellow: flavescens,-entis (part.B), lutescens,-entis (part.B). blackish yellow: luteofuscus,-a,-um (adj.A). brassy, more yellowy and shining than coppery yellow (+ red); aeneus,-a,-um (adj.A). browns: fawn-colored, light brown tinged with yellow: hinnuleus,-a,-um (adj.A); in Gk. comp., elapho-. golden-brown: aureo-fuscus. light brown mixed with yellow and red (Lindley): cinnamomeus,-a,-um (adj.A). brownish yellow, the brown very light: ochraceus,-a,-um (adj.A); brunneolo-flavus, infuscato-luteus. buff, q.v.: fulvus,-a,-um (adj.A). buttercup yellow: ranunculinus,-a,-um (adj.A), yellow with some red. byssinus,-a,-um (adj.A): the yellow of raw silk. canary yellow: canarinus,-a,-um (adj.A). Chinese yellow: sinico-flavus,-a,-um (adj.A). chlorine, yellow-green: chlorinus,-a,-um (adj.A). chrome yellow: luteus chromaticus,-a,-um (adj.A) cinnamomeus: cinnamon-colored, 'light brown mixed with yellow and red' (Lindley). citrine, a pale greenish-yellow (citron-green, H.C.C.1.63): olivaceo-citrinus,-a,-um (adj.A), citrino-viridis,-e (adj.B); see lemon-yellow. clay-colored: see drab. coppery yellow (+ reddish) cupreus, cyprinus, cuprescens; more yellowy and shining, brassy: aeneus. daffodil, “a light to moderate yellow that is redder and less strong than amber yellow or apricot yellow...”: jonquilleus,-a,-um (adj.A); see jonquil. drab, dirty, or sordid yellow: luridus,-a,-um (adj.A) 'pale yellow, sallow, wan, ghastly, lurid,' see lurid below; argillaceus,-a,-um (adj.A): clay-colored. Dresden-yellow, a pale greenish-yellow: flavus dresdanus egg yellow: luteus,-a,-um (adj.A), vitellinus,-a,-um (adj.A), xanthus,-a,-um (adj.A); vitellinus,-a,-um (adj.A): egg-yolk yellow, 'dull yellow just turning to red' (Lindley, in Stearn 1983). flavo-rufus,-a,-um (adj.A): yellow-red (Stearn 1996). fulvus,-a,-um (adj.A): fulvous, tawny, 'dull yellow with a mixture of gray and brown' (Lindley), yellowish-brown (Stearn 1983), lion-colored (leochromus,-a,-um (adj.A). Gamboge, q.v.: luteus,-a,-um (adj. A): luteous, “such yellow as gamboge” (Lindley); a partially transparent deep saffron to mustard yellow pigment. gilvus,-a,-um (adj.A): dull yellow, yellowish tan, but also applied to reddish or grayish colors found on horses (Stearn 1983). golden yellow: aureus,-a,-um (adj.A). grayish-yellow, yellowish-gray, tawny: ravus,-a,-um (adj.A); ravido-flavus,-a,-um (adj.A); grayed-yellows include bubalinus, buff, chamois. isabellinus, q.v., ochraceus, ochre-yellow (Stearn, 1983); ravus,-a,-um (adj.A), grayish-yellow, yellowish-gray, tawny; helvus is a 'light bay, pale red, 'the dingy color of oxen.' grayish yellow + brown: helvolus,-a,-um (adj.A), although this word classically referred to a pale yellow or yellowish wine. greenish yellow: galbanus,-a,-um (adj.A), galbinus,-a,-um (adj.A), viridi-flavus, flavo-virens,-entis (part.B); pale greenish-yellows: primulinus,-a,-um (adj.A) (primrose-yellow); herbaceus,-a,-um (adj.A), q.v., “merely green, or thin, green, and cellular, as the tissue of membranous leaves” (Lindley), "herbaceous, i.e. grass-green or yellow-green in color, or green and slightly fleshy, [succulent], as opposed to faded, colorless and dry” (Stearn). grenadine pink: "a strong yellowish pink that is redder and stronger than average salmon, yellower and deeper than melon, and yellower and stronger than peach red" [WIII}: color grenadino-roseus, grenadino-roseolus (adj.A). helveolus,,-a,-um (adj.A), helvolus,-a,-um (adj.A): pale yellow, yellowish. honey-colored: melleus,-a,-um (adj.A), mellinus,-a,-um (adj.A). horn-colored, corneous, the yellow color of ‘horn;’ “of the color of horn” (Lewis & Short): corneus,-a,-um (adj.A), q.v. Indian-yellow: indico-flavus, with the addition of some red. jaundice-yellow: icterinus,-a,-um (adj.A). jonquilleus,-a,-um (adj.A): see daffodil above. leather-yellow (whitish-yellow): alutaceus,-a,-um (adj.A). lemon-yellow, “lemon colored. The purest yellow, without any brightness; as in a Lemon when ripe” (Lindley): citrellus,-a,-um (adj.A), citreus,-a,-um (adj.A), citrinellus,-a,-um (adj.A), citrinus,-a,-um (adj.A), limoneus,-a,-um (adj.A); see citrine. lurid: luridus,-a,-um (adj.A): dirty brown, smoky yellow, drab yellow; sometimes confused in application with lividus, q.v. (Stearn 1983); wan or ghastly pale. maize yellow, corn yellow: maydi-flavus,-a,-um (adj.A). Mars yellow: color flavus Martis, the yellow color of Mars (Ridgway); see Mars, Martis: exudatum colore flavo Martis (Ridgway), exudate with the color yellow of Mars (Ridgway). mimosa-yellow: mimosinus,-a,-um (adj.A). ochre yellow, yellow with brownish tinge, yellowish-brown: ochraceus,-a,-um (adj.A); ochroleucus,-a,-um (adj.A): ochre-: whitened or pale yellowish-brown, yellowish white. orange: aurantiacus,-a,-um (adj.A), aurantius,-a,-um (adj.A), redder than apricot-colored (armeniacus,-a,-um (adj.A), which is yellow with a sense of red. pale yellow: -leucus: in Gk. comp., white-; when associated with color terms 'paleness' is indicated. primrose yellow, pale greenish yellow: primulinus,-a,-um (adj.A) saffron yellow: crocatus,-a,-um (adj.A), croceoflavus,-a,-um (adj.A), croceus,-a,-um (adj.A), with some red; crocinus,-a,-um (adj.A). straw yellow: paleus,-a,-um (adj.A), stramineus,-a,-um (adj.A), straminellus,-a,-um (adj.A). sulphur yellow: sulphureus,-a,-um (adj.A), sulphurellus,-a,-um (adj.A), sulphurinus,-a,-um (adj.A). tawny: fulvus,-a,-um (adj.A): fulvous, tawny, 'dull yellow with a mixture of gray and brown' (Lindley), yellowish-brown (Stearn), dull yellowish-brown (S&D), lion-colored; 'deep yellow, reddish yellow, gold-colored, tawny;' leochromus,-a,-um (adj.A), the color of lions; corpora leonum (bodies of lions); “tawny; dull yellow-brown” (Magill 1990). Subst. fulvum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. fulvo, reddish-yellow [sc. color] (Lewis & Short). testaceus,-a,-um (adj.A): brownish yellow, like that of unglazed earthenware; also 'brick-red.' waxy-yellow, 'dull yellow with a soft mixture of reddish brown (Lindley); wax-gold: cerinus,-a,-um (adj.A)(Stearn 1983); “the color of yellow wax” (Lindley). wax white, whitish yellow: albiceratus,-a,-um (adj.A), albiceris,-e (adj.B) or albicerus,-a,-um (adj.A) (albus + cera). whitish yellow: albolutescens,-entis (part.B), alboluteus,-a,-um (adj.A), alutaceus,-a,-um (adj.A; see above); ochroleucus,-a,-um (adj.A). ochraceus,-a,-um (adj.a): ochraceous, ochre-yellow, yellowish-brown; “ochre color; yellow, imperceptibly changing to brown” (Lindley) “ochre-colored, yellow with a tinge of red” (Jackson); (bryology) “ochre-colored, brownish yellow” (Magill 1990). ocherous, or ochreous, also ochrous (Eng.adjj.) “of or relating to ocher; containing or resembling ocher; of the color ocher yellow” (WIII): ochrus,-a,-um (adj.A), “yellow like ochre” (Glare) Yellow, the color: lutum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. luto, q.v.; luror,-oris (s.m.III), abl. sg. lurore: a yellowish color, sallowness, paleness. yellowing: flavens,-entis (part.B). yellowish: flavidus,-a,-um (adj.A), luteolus,-a,-um (adj.A), lutescens,-entis (part.B), subalutaceus,-a,-um (adj.A), subflavus,-a,-um (adj.A); flavescens, sublutescens, lutescens, subluteus. yellowish-brown: ochraceus,-a,-um (adj.A). yellowish-green: flavo-virens,-entis (part.B); Aster flavovirens Kuntze; see citrine above. yellowish-gray: flavicinereus,-a,-um (adj.A); Psiadia flavocinerea Humbert yellowish-red: flavorubescens,-entis (part.B): Amanita flavorubescens, a mushroom with a yellow cap and light reddish color at the base of the stalk. whitish-yellow: albogilvus,-a,-um, albiceratus,-a,-um (adj.A), albiceris,-e (adj. B), albicerus,-a,-um (adj.A). yellow-stuffed: luteofarctus,-a,-um (adj.A). yellowish-white: eburneus (white with yellowish tinge); -leucus: in L. & Gk. comp., white-. When associated with color terms 'paleness' is indicated; ochro-leucus, whitish yellow-brown.
Reactions: - juventute (young state), aetate (in time), maturitate (at maturity): (abl. of time within which): pileus juventute luteus, pileus in youth yellow. - bruised: contusus,-a,-um (part.A): pileus ubi contusus lutescens, pileus when bruised becoming yellow. - cut: scissus,-a,-um (part.A), sectus,-a,-um (part.A): pileus postquam sectus flavescens, pileus after having been cut turning yellow. - exudatum colore flavo Martis (Ridgway), exudate with the color yellow of Mars (Ridgway). - jodo flavescens, in iodine turning yellow (yellowish).
Adjectives are modified by adverbs: - dilute (adv.)luteus, pallide (adv.) luteus, dilute or pale yellow; pallide vel mediocriter (adv.) luteus, paley to moderately yellow. - medie (adv.), mediocriter (adv.): moderately, medium-: medie luteus, medium yellow. - "deep shades of colour are usually indicated by adding the prefix atro- to the colour-name;" (Stearn 1983) who also indicated that the prefix implies "blackish or very dark." atro-luteus, deep (dark) yellow. - saturate (adv.), vivide (adv.) luteus, saturated, vivid yellow (bright yellow). - obscure (adv.): indistinctly, obscurely; 'dull' of colors: obscure luteus, dull yellow. - sordide (adv.) luteus: dingy, dirty yellow. - fusci-, fusco-: in L. comp., darkened or dark brown-: fusco-luteus, dark-brownish yellow. - sordide (adv.) luteus: dingy, dirty yellow. - intense yellow: flavissimus; Chrysocephalum flavissimum Steetz; alutaceus,-a,-um (adj.A): leather-yellow, a whitish yellow. amber-colored: a dark orange-yellow: electrinus,-a,-um (adj.), sucinacius, succineus (sucineus),-a, -um (adj.A), q.v. argillaceus,-a,-um (adj.A): clay-colored, pale yellow, drab or dirty yellow. aureolin yellow (H.C.C. 3): aureolinus,-a,-um (adj.A). becoming yellow: flavescens,-entis (part.B), lutescens,-entis (part.B). blackish yellow: luteofuscus,-a,-um (adj.A). brassy, more yellowy and shining than coppery yellow (+ red); aeneus,-a,-um (adj.A). browns: fawn-colored, light brown tinged with yellow: hinnuleus,-a,-um (adj.A); in Gk. comp., elapho-. golden-brown: aureo-fuscus. light brown mixed with yellow and red (Lindley): cinnamomeus,-a,-um (adj.A). brownish yellow, the brown very light: ochraceus,-a,-um (adj.A); brunneolo-flavus, infuscato-luteus. buff, q.v.: fulvus,-a,-um (adj.A). buttercup yellow: ranunculinus,-a,-um (adj.A), yellow with some red. byssinus,-a,-um (adj.A): the yellow of raw silk. canary yellow: canarinus,-a,-um (adj.A). Chinese yellow: sinico-flavus,-a,-um (adj.A). chlorine, yellow-green: chlorinus,-a,-um (adj.A). chrome yellow: luteus chromaticus,-a,-um (adj.A) citrine, a pale greenish-yellow (citron-green, H.C.C.1.63): olivaceo-citrinus,-a,-um (adj.A), citrino-viridis,-e (adj.B); see lemon-yellow. clay-colored: see drab. coppery yellow (+ reddish) cupreus, cyprinus, cuprescens; more yellowy and shining, brassy: aeneus. drab, dirty, or sordid yellow: luridus,-a,-um (adj.A) 'pale yellow, sallow, wan, ghastly, lurid,' see lurid below; argillaceus,-a,-um (adj.A): clay-colored. Dresden-yellow, a pale greenish-yellow: flavus dresdanus egg yellow: luteus,-a,-um (adj.A), vitellinus,-a,-um (adj.A), xanthus,-a,-um (adj.A); vitellinus,-a,-um (adj.A): egg-yolk yellow, 'dull yellow just turning to red' (Lindley, in Stearn 1983). fulvus,-a,-um (adj.A): fulvous, tawny, 'dull yellow with a mixture of gray and brown' (Lindley), yellowish-brown (Stearn 1983), lion-colored (leochromus,-a,-um (adj.A). gilvus,-a,-um (adj.A): dull yellow, yellowish tan, but also applied to reddish or grayish colors found on horses (Stearn 1983). golden yellow: aureus,-a,-um (adj.A). grayish-yellow, yellowish-gray, tawny: ravus,-a,-um (adj.A); ravido-flavus,-a,-um (adj.A); grayed-yellows include bubalinus, buff, chamois. isabellinus, q.v., ochraceus, ochre-yellow (Stearn, 1983); ravus,-a,-um (adj.A), grayish-yellow, yellowish-gray, tawny; helvus is a 'light bay, pale red, 'the dingy color of oxen.' grayish yellow + brown: helvolus,-a,-um (adj.A), although this word classically referred to a pale yellow or yellowish wine. greenish yellow: galbanus,-a,-um (adj.A), galbinus,-a,-um (adj.A), viridi-flavus, flavo-virens,-entis (part.B); pale greenish-yellows: primulinus,-a,-um (adj.A) (primrose-yellow). grenadine pink: "a strong yellowish pink that is redder and stronger than average salmon, yellower and deeper than melon, and yellower and stronger than peach red" [WIII}: color grenadino-roseus, grenadino-roseolus (adj.A). helveolus,,-a,-um (adj.A), helvolus,-a,-um (adj.A): pale yellow, yellowish. honey-colored: melleus,-a,-um (adj.A), mellinus,-a,-um (adj.A). Indian-yellow: indico-flavus, with the addition of some red. jaundice-yellow: icterinus,-a,-um (adj.A). leather-yellow (whitish-yellow): alutaceus,-a,-um (adj.A). lemon-yellow: citrellus,-a,-um (adj.A), citreus,-a,-um (adj.A), citrinellus,-a,-um (adj.A), citrinus,-a,-um (adj.A), limoneus,-a,-um (adj.A); see citrine. lurid: luridus,-a,-um (adj.A): dirty brown, smoky yellow, drab yellow; sometimes confused in application with lividus, q.v. (Stearn 1983); wan or ghastly pale. maize yellow, corn yellow: maydi-flavus,-a,-um (adj.A). Mars yellow: color flavus Martis, the yellow color of Mars (Ridgway); see Mars, Martis: exudatum colore flavo Martis (Ridgway), exudate with the color yellow of Mars (Ridgway). mimosa-yellow: mimosinus,-a,-um (adj.A). ochre yellow, yellow with brownish tinge, yellowish-brown: ochraceus,-a,-um (adj.A); ochroleucus,-a,-um (adj.A): ochre-: whitened or pale yellowish-brown. orange: aurantiacus,-a,-um (adj.A), aurantius,-a,-um (adj.A), redder than apricot-colored (armeniacus,-a,-um (adj.A), which is yellow with a sense of red. pale yellow: -leucus: in Gk. comp., white-; when associated with color terms 'paleness' is indicated. primrose yellow, pale greenish yellow: primulinus,-a,-um (adj.A) saffron yellow: crocatus,-a,-um (adj.A), croceoflavus,-a,-um (adj.A), croceus,-a,-um (adj.A), with some red. straw yellow: paleus,-a,-um (adj.A), stramineus,-a,-um (adj.A), straminellus,-a,-um (adj.A). sulphur yellow: sulphureus,-a,-um (adj.A), sulphurellus,-a,-um (adj.A), sulphurinus,-a,-um (adj.A). testaceus,-a,-um (adj.A): brownish yellow, like that of unglazed earthenware; also 'brick-red.' waxy-yellow, 'dull yellow with a soft mixture of reddish brown (Lindley); wax-gold: cerinus,-a,-um (adj.A)(Stearn 1983). whitish yellow: albolutescens,-entis (part.B), alboluteus,-a,-um (adj.A), alutaceus,-a,-um (adj.A; see above); ochroleucus,-a,-um (adj.A). Yellow, the color: lutum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. luto, q.v.; luror,-oris (s.m.III), abl. sg. lurore: a yellowish color, sallowness, paleness. yellowing: flavens,-entis (part.B). yellowish: flavidus,-a,-um (adj.A), luteolus,-a,-um (adj.A), lutescens,-entis (part.B), subalutaceus,-a,-um (adj.A), subflavus,-a,-um (adj.A); flavescens, sublutescens, lutescens, subluteus. yellowish-brown: ochraceus,-a,-um (adj.A). yellowish-green: flavo-virens,-entis (part.B); Aster flavovirens Kuntze; see citrine.above. yellowish-gray: flavicinereus,-a,-um (adj.A); Psiadia flavocinerea Humbert whitish-yellow: albogilvus,-a,-um, albiceratus,-a,-um (adj.A), albiceris,-e (adj. B), albicerus,-a,-um (adj.A). yellow-stuffed: luteofarctus,-a,-um (adj.A). yellowish-white: eburneus (white with yellowish tinge); -leucus: in L. & Gk. comp., white-. When associated with color terms 'paleness' is indicated; ochro-leucus, whitish yellow-brown.
Yellow Dock: Rumex,-icis (s.f.III), abl. sg. rumice.