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# yellow

adjective (yellow, yellower, yellowest); noun (yellow); verb (yellow — to turn yellow)

«yellow» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Yellow is the colour of the sun, bananas, lemons and egg yolks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellow/#m1)
2. Leaves or paper yellow when they turn yellow with age. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellow/#m2)
3. In old slang, yellow means scared (not kind to say). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellow/#m3)
4. A person's face can look yellow, or pale, when they are ill or jealous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellow/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school maths: a colour that sorts things into groups; others = total − yellow. In art: yellow is a primary colour; yellow and blue make green. In everyday life and safety: yellow school buses, a yellow card in football (a warning), yellow warning signs, a yellow traffic light means get ready to stop. Phrases: «bright yellow», «yellow card», «yellow line».

### Examples

- She has 6 yellow balloons and 4 red ones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellow/#x1)
- 12 of the 20 flowers are yellow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellow/#x2)
- How many are not yellow? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellow/#x3)
- Yellow pencils cost 10 cents each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellow/#x4)
- Mix yellow and blue to make green. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellow/#x5)
- The referee showed him a yellow card. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellow/#x6)
- In the USA, school buses are yellow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellow/#x7)
- The old book's pages had turned yellow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellow/#x8)
- "I know why thou art so yellow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellow/#x9)

### Note

Primary colours in painting: red, yellow, blue. Maths: a label for a group; groups of colours add to the total; others = total − yellow.

## In Jewish tradition

In Leviticus it describes a thin yellow hair in a skin sore, one of the signs the priest checks to judge a person unclean.

**Interpretation.** The rabbis read this as a ritual matter, not a medical one, and the priest, not a doctor, decided. The condition is linked with wrong speech, as in the story of Miriam.

### Examples

- then the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for the yellow hair: he is unclean. (Torah LEV.13.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yellow/#x1)
- And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the scall be not spread, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the appearance of the scall be not deeper than the skin, (Torah LEV.13.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yellow/#x2)

### Note

Primary colours in painting: red, yellow, blue. Maths: a label for a group; groups of colours add to the total; others = total − yellow.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «yellow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellow/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«yellow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/yellow.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «yellow» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yellow/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«yellow» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/yellow.html) on Mova free.