colour vs yellow

yellow vs colour

colour and yellow both are nouns.

colour and yellow both are adjectives.

colour and yellow both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colour	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
yellow	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, yellow is a hyponym of colour; that is, yellow is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than colour:

colour: change color, often in an undesired manner
yellow: turn yellow

Other hyponyms of colour include blush, crimson, flush, redden, blanch, blench, pale, bronze, tan, burn, sunburn, white, whiten, black, blacken, melanise, melanize, turn, silver, dye, redden, purple, gray, grey, tone, green, blue.

colour (noun)	yellow (noun)
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect	yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
the timbre of a musical sound
interest and variety and intensity
an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
any material used for its color

colour (adjective)	yellow (adjective)
having or capable of producing colors	of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
	easily frightened
	cowardly or treacherous
	changed to a yellowish color by age
	typical of tabloids
	affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc

colour (verb)	yellow (verb)
change color, often in an undesired manner	turn yellow
add color to
affect as in thought or feeling
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
decorate with colors
modify or bias

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