yellow vs spectral color

spectral color vs yellow

yellow and spectral color both are nouns.

yellow is an adjective but spectral color is not an adjective.

yellow is a verb but spectral color is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
yellow	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
spectral color	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, spectral color is a hypernym of yellow; that is, spectral color is a word with a broader meaning than yellow:

yellow: yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
spectral color: a color that has hue

Other hypernyms of yellow include chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral colour.

yellow (noun)	spectral color (noun)
yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons	a color that has hue

yellow (adjective)	spectral color (adjective)
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

yellow (verb)	spectral color (verb)
turn yellow

Difference between yellow and spectral color

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