yellow-red

See also: yellowred

English

Alternative forms

• yellowred (uncommon)

Etymology

From Middle English *yelwered, *ȝeoluread, from Old English ġeolurēad (“reddish yellow, orange”), equivalent to yellow +‎ red.

Adjective

yellow-red (comparative more yellow-red, superlative most yellow-red)

1. Of a colour between yellow and red; orange.
   • 1953, Sailing Directions for Northern U.S.S.R., page 20:

     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.

   • 1953, International Review of Cytology, volume 2, page 86:

     After a few days the silver appeared to become more colloidal and the sections were stained a yellow-red color.

   • 2008, Traci L. Slatton, Immortal, page 6:

     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.

   • 2010, Alexandra Livingston, Defy the Gods, page 8:

     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.

   yellow-red:  

2. Consisting of yellow and red colours individually.

Noun

yellow-red (plural yellow-reds)

1. The colour orange.
   • 1930, Benson H. Paul, C. A. Plaskett, Charles Nicholas Ainslie, A Method for Determining the Color of Agricultural Products:

     Obviously one will be red, but will the other hue be a yellow-red (orange) or a red-purple?

   • 2017, Jim Long, The New Munsell Student Color Set, page 33:

     The cultural meanings associated with yellow and yellow-red (orange) are varied.