primrose yellow
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of primrose yellow
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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She began adding Cleveland sage, white sage, evening primrose, yellow lupine and other native plants in earnest, removing dead or poor-performing non-natives.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024
Elegant primrose yellow flowers open in late April to early May.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2022
Only the colors — forest and artichoke green, powder pink with primrose yellow, and a green ivy trellis pattern winding over a gown — captured some of the sisters’ early originality.
From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2012
Wainscotted wooden walls painted a creamy primrose yellow with purple blinds, two or three customers hunched over their cuppas.
From The Guardian • Jun. 16, 2012
"She" was a beauty, inside and out a pale primrose yellow.
From The Port of Adventure by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
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