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It is perceived as insulting to use yellow to describe a person of Asian or mixed racial origin, as in the terms yellow peril and high yellow.
Concept Thesaurus for word yellowness
2. Sensation; special sensation; light; complementary colors
Synonyms – noun

yellow.
Indian-yellow
yellow ocher
xanthin
saffron
jaundice
xantho-cyanopia

[Piments] gamboge
king’s-yellow
Claude tint
zaofulvin
topaz
London fog
xanthopsia.

cadmium-yellow
lemon yellow
aureolin
sunshine.
xanthite
yellowness

chrome-yellow
orpiment
xanthein
crocus
yolk.
icterus

Synonyms – adjectives

yellow
citrine
sallow
sandy
auricomous.
lemon-colored
primrose-colored
xanthopous.
warm

aureate
fallow
luteous
xanthic
gold-colored
sulphur-colored
cream-colored
yellow as a quince
advancing.

golden
fulvous
tawny
xanthous
citron-colored
amber-colored
xanthocarpous
yellow as a guinea

flavous
fulvid
creamy
jaundiced
saffron-colored
straw-colored
xanthochroid
yellow as a crow’s foot.

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