lemon yellow

noun

: a brilliant greenish yellow color

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Pick between seven available widths and lengths to fit the curtains to your window size, along with 26 colors, including lemon yellow pearl, denim blue, and gray. Jacqueline Tempera, People.com, 15 July 2025 Complementing the season’s warm weather and ripe fruits, the new hues feature a lemon yellow, lime green and grapefruit red in the style’s newest models while staying true to the wristwatch’s historic aesthetic. Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 28 June 2025 Rhode's summer aesthetic — lemon yellow cut with gray accents — flowed throughout the event. Rachel Raposas, People.com, 12 July 2025 Hailey Bieber is also a fan, teasing a new Rhode Peptide Lip Treatment with a lemon yellow dot mani to match. Kara Nesvig, Allure, 7 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for lemon yellow

Word History

First Known Use

1807, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lemon yellow was in 1807

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“Lemon yellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lemon%20yellow. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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