Sallow vs. Yellow — What's the Difference?

Of a sickly yellowish hue or complexion.

Yellow is the color between orange and green on the spectrum of visible light. It is evoked by light with a dominant wavelength of roughly 575–585 nm.

To make sallow.

Of the colour between green and orange in the spectrum, a primary subtractive colour complementary to blue; coloured like ripe lemons or egg yolks

Any of several low-growing or shrubby European willows, especially Salix caprea or S. cinerea, having large catkins that appear early in the spring and formerly used as a source of charcoal and tannin.

Not brave; cowardly

(of skin) Yellowish.

(of a style of writing, especially in journalism) lurid and sensational

Of a sickly pale colour.

Yellow colour or pigment

(Ireland) Of a tan colour, associated with people from southern Europe or East Asia.

A yellow ball or piece in a game or sport, especially the yellow ball in snooker

(of a person) Having skin (especially on the face) of a sickly pale colour.

Used in names of moths or butterflies that are mainly yellow in colour.

(of objects or dim light) Having a similar pale, yellowish colour.

Any of a number of plant diseases in which the leaves turn yellow, typically caused by viruses and transmitted by insects.

Foul; murky; sickly.

Become yellow, especially with age

(intransitive) To become sallow.

The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between orange and green, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 570 to 590 nanometers; any of a group of colors of a hue resembling that of ripe lemons and varying in lightness and saturation; one of the subtractive primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.

(transitive) To cause (someone or something) to become sallow.

A pigment or dye having this hue.

A European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood.

Something that has this hue.

A willow twig or branch.

Chiefly Southern US The yolk of an egg.

The willow; willow twigs.

Western US Gold. Used formerly by prospectors.

A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc.

Yellows Any of various plant diseases characterized by yellow or yellowish discoloration of the leaves and caused by phytoplasmas that are transmitted by insects or by certain viruses.

Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin.

Of the color yellow.

To tinge with sallowness.

Having a yellow-brown skin color.

Any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal

(Offensive) Of or being a person of Asian origin.

Cause to become sallow;

(Slang) Cowardly.

Unhealthy looking

To make or become yellow

Having yellow as its color.

(informal) Lacking courage.

Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.

Of the skin, having the colour traditionally attributed to Far East Asians, especially Chinese.

Far East Asian relating to Asian people.

Of mixed Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry.

Synonym of high yellow

(UK politics) Related to the Liberal Democrats.

(politics) Related to the Free Democratic Party; a political party in Germany.

The colour of gold, cheese, or a lemon; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.

(US) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, the illumination of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.

(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.

(pocket billiards) One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally British version of pool that makes use of unnumbered balls (the (yellow(s) and red(s)); contrast stripes and solids in the originally American version with numbered balls).

(sports) A yellow card.

Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the yellow coloured species. Compare sulphur.

(intransitive) To become yellow or more yellow.

(transitive) To make (something) yellow or more yellow.

Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.

Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he has a yellow streak.

Sensational; - said of some newspapers, their makers, etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc.

A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green.

A yellow pigment.

To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow.

To become yellow or yellower.

The quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons

Turn yellow;

Similar to the color of an egg yolk

Easily frightened

Changed to a yellowish color by age;

Typical of tabloids;

Cowardly or treacherous;

Affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc