dirty yellow
Frequency: 5.52.8 per million words
Describes a dull, dingy, or impure yellow color.
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- The old paint on the wall had faded to a dirty yellow.
- Her once-white shirt turned a dirty yellow after years of neglect.
- He found a strange, dirty yellow rock by the riverbed.
- The antique vase had a mottled pattern of dirty yellow and brown.
- A dirty yellow fog hung over the city in the early morning.
- The dog's fur, usually bright, was now a rather dirty yellow from playing in the mud.
- She noticed the old curtains were a dirty yellow, not the cream she remembered.
- The artist used a dirty yellow to convey the grim atmosphere of the scene.
- After the storm, the river water had a dirty yellow tinge.
- The wallpaper had peeled off in patches, revealing a dirty yellow underneath.