canary yellow

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noun

canary (def. 2).

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Origin of canary yellow

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby canary yellow

canarybird flower, canary creeper, canary grass, Canary Islands, canary seed, canary yellow, canasta, canaster, Canaveral, Canberra, can buoy

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How to use canary yellow in a sentence

It comes in a range of colorways, including autumnal hues like tarragon and canary yellow, as well as neutrals and even some fun options like hot pink.
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The day I visited, the mountain was alive with spring greens, the sky was endless blue, the sun an intense canary yellow.
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Abraham, a yellow cab driver and student, feels that blacks are targeted unfairly by the police.
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Some of the items Indonesian military aircraft saw were long yellow tubes.
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With the first set I did, the colors of the couch determined that the rest of it would be blue and yellow and white.
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Behind him stood a flock of fifth-grade boys—and two second-grade girls—all of them wearing the exact same yellow hat.
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Cosby then allegedly ordered a pre-paid yellow cab that transported Allison home.
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The pink flowers are the largest while those of a yellow color are the smallest.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The flowers grow in clusters from the extremities of the stalk; they are yellow externally and of a delicate red within.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
He was cast down to think that he might have spared himself the trouble of donning his beautiful yellow doublet from Paris.
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In the presence of bromin the chloroform, which settles to the bottom, assumes a yellow color.
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As she peered into the face of Dr. Ashton, her own was scarlet and yellow, and her voice rose to a shriek.
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British Dictionary definitions for canary yellow

canary yellow

noun

a moderate yellow colour, sometimes with a greenish tinge
(as adjective)a canary-yellow car

Sometimes shortened to: canary

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