Red vs. Yellow
Red and Yellow Definitions
Red
The hue of the long-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 630 to 750 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation and whose hue resembles that of blood; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.
Yellow
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.
Red
A pigment or dye having a red hue.
Yellow
A pigment or dye having this hue.
Red
Something that has a red hue.
Yellow
Something that has this hue.
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Red
Often Red A Communist.
Yellow
Chiefly Southern US The yolk of an egg.
Red
A revolutionary activist.
Yellow
Western US Gold. Used formerly by prospectors.
Red
The condition of being in debt or operating at a loss
The firm has been in the red all year.
Yellow
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.
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Red
Having a color resembling that of blood.
Yellow
Of the color yellow.
Red
Reddish in color or having parts that are reddish in color
A red dog.
A red oak.
Yellow
Having a yellow-brown skin color.
Red
Having a reddish or coppery skin color.
Yellow
(Offensive) Of or being a person of Asian origin.
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Red
Often Red Often Offensive Of or being a Native American.
Yellow
(Slang) Cowardly.
Red
Having a ruddy or flushed complexion
Red with embarrassment.
Yellow
To make or become yellow
Documents that had been yellowed by age.
Clouds that yellow in the evening light.
Red
Relating to or being a red state.
Yellow
Having yellow as its color.
Red
Often Red Communist.
Yellow
(informal) Lacking courage.
Red
Having red#Noun as its color.
The girl wore a red skirt.
Yellow
Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.
Red
(of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
Her hair had red highlights.
Yellow
Of the skin, having the colour traditionally attributed to Far East Asians, especially Chinese.
Red
(of the skin) With a red hue due to embarrassment or sunburn.
Yellow
Far East Asian relating to Asian people.
Red
Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare of the spades or clubs suits
I got two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.
Yellow
Of mixed Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry.
Red
Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:
Yellow
Synonym of high yellow
Red
Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
The red-black grand coalition in Germany
Yellow
(UK politics) Related to the Liberal Democrats.
Yellow constituencies
Red
(US politics) The U.S. Republican Party.
A red state
A red Congress
Yellow
(politics) Related to the Free Democratic Party; a political party in Germany.
The black-yellow coalition
Red
Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations
Yellow
The colour of gold, cheese, or a lemon; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.
Red
(astronomy) Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
Yellow
(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.
Red
(particle physics) Having a color charge of red.
Yellow
(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
Red
Any of a range of colours having the longest wavelengths, 670 nm, of the visible spectrum; a primary additive colour for transmitted light: the colour obtained by subtracting green and blue from white light using magenta and yellow filters; the colour of blood, ripe strawberries, etc.
Red can be seen as hot or angry.
Yellow
(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).
Red
(countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; usually capitalized a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
Yellow
(sports) A yellow card.
Red
One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
Yellow
Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the yellow coloured species. Compare sulphur.
Red
Red wine.
Yellow
(intransitive) To become yellow or more yellow.
Red
(countable) Any of several varieties of ale which are brewed with red or kilned malt, giving the beer a red colour.
Yellow
(transitive) To make (something) yellow or more yellow.
Red
A red kangaroo.
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.
Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress.
A sweaty reaper from his tillage broughtFirst fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf.
The line of yellow light dies fast away.
Red
A redshank.
Yellow
Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he has a yellow streak.
Red
An American Indian.
Yellow
Sensational; - said of some newspapers, their makers, etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc.
Red
(slang) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
Yellow
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.
Red
(informal) A red light a traffic signal
Yellow
A yellow pigment.
Red
(particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
Yellow
To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow.
Red
Usually in the phrase "bowl of red".
Yellow
To become yellow or yellower.
Red
(informal) The redfish or red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, a fish with reddish fins and scales.
Yellow
The quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
Red
Tomato ketchup.
Yellow
Turn yellow;
The pages of the book began to yellow
Red
(archaic) rede
Yellow
Similar to the color of an egg yolk
Red
To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; - generally with up; as, to red up a house.
Yellow
Easily frightened
Red
Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part.
Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
Yellow
Changed to a yellowish color by age;
Yellowed parchment
Red
The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these.
Yellow
Typical of tabloids;
Sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal
Yellow journalism
Red
A red pigment.
Yellow
Cowardly or treacherous;
The little yellow stain of treason
Too yellow to stand and fight
Red
The menses.
Yellow
Affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
Red
The quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
Red
A tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
Red
Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
Red
The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue;
The company operated at a loss last year
The company operated in the red last year
Red
Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
Red
Characterized by violence or bloodshed;
Writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days
Fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing
Convulsed with red rage
Red
(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion;
Crimson with fury
Turned red from exertion
With puffy reddened eyes
Red-faced and violent
Flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment
Red
Red with or characterized by blood;
Waving our red weapons o'er our heads
The Red Badge of Courage
The red rules of tooth and claw
