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Plural of yellow

regular plural

The plural of yellow is yellows.

Forms of yellow

Singularyellow /ˈjɛləʊ/
Pluralyellows
Countablecountable and uncountable

Yellows in a sentence

  • Then suddenly, with the least warning, the sky yellows and the Chergui blows in from the Sahara, stinging the eyes and choking with its sandy, sticky breath.1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 47
  • The juxtaposition of the bright yellows on the dark background made the painting appear three dimensional.From the entry juxtaposition
  • This paper yellows with age and gets brittle.From the entry yellows
  • Seaweed sprouted bright yellows and ochres between the vast webs of fingers.2013, Mary Gentle, Rats and Gargoyles, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry spider
  • They come in a broad range of spring colors: yellows, pinks, peaches, reds and white.2012 December 22, Trish Grenfell, “Ask the Master Gardener”, in Colfax Record. From the entry Easter cactus

Meaning of yellow

  1. noun The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.
  2. noun The middle light in a set of three traffic lights, the lighting of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.
  3. noun One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.

Full definition of yellow

Questions about the plural of yellow

What is the plural of yellow?
The plural of yellow is yellows.
Is yellow countable?
Yellow is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yellow (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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