Yellow-red

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The colour orange. countable, uncommon, uncountable

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

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a colour between yellow and red; orange.

    "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."

  2. 2
    Consisting of yellow and red colours individually.

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orange

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"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."

Etymology

From Middle English ȝelu-red, ȝolowhered, from Old English ġeolurēad (“reddish yellow, orange”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelwaraud (“orange”), equivalent to yellow + red. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jeelrood (“orange”), Dutch geelrood (“orange”), German Low German geelroot (“orange”), German gelbrot (“yellow-red, orange”).

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