Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A clear pale-yellow color, like that of the rind of a ripe lemon. In entomology it. is distinguished from
citron-yellow , which is paler and more greenish. - noun A pigment used by artists, composed of barium chromate. It is of a bright lemon hue and quite permanent, but has little body.
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Examples
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In the bag there was a bundle wrapped in thin lemon-yellow tissue paper, sealed with a pale-blue oval sticker with gold lettering on it.
Pink! lili 2009
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Solidago 'Little Lemon': A small form of goldenrod with pretty lemon-yellow flower spikes.
Mums Not the Word 2011
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Despite their names they are often confused with one another, as the grey wagtail is a striking bird with plenty of lemon-yellow in its plumage.
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Jane Bruton, the editor of Grazia, was pleased to note that Gordon Brown's portrait had been added to the hall of prime ministerial fame that is the lemon-yellow staircase.
London Fashion Week: VIPs fill No 10 – but MiniCams steal the show 2011
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In the bag there was a bundle wrapped in thin lemon-yellow tissue paper, sealed with a pale-blue oval sticker with gold lettering on it.
Archive 2009-09-01 lili 2009
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It's hard to miss the lemon-yellow awning and its convenient location across from the parking lot.
Susan Fogwell: Escape to Enchanting Eze on the French Riviera 2010
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It's hard to miss the lemon-yellow awning and its convenient location across from the parking lot.
Susan Fogwell: Escape to Enchanting Eze on the French Riviera 2010
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It's hard to miss the lemon-yellow awning and its convenient location across from the parking lot.
Susan Fogwell: Escape to Enchanting Eze on the French Riviera 2010
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"That's a beautiful dress, by the way," the smiling Cruise says to Cameron Diaz, who is wearing a lemon-yellow bridesmaid's dress while driving a car at high speed the wrong way on the interstate as he clings to the hood.
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That's the 23-year-old cook's prompt to put on a show for anyone lucky enough to be sitting on a lemon-yellow stool at the wooden bar, where the view captures a glowing stone oven and Pilla's flour-dusted stainless-steel work station.
At Seventh Hill, pizza and passion The owners of Montmarte go Italian 2010
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