canary yellow
Speech parts
1. canary yellow - Noun
2. canary yellow - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow
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Late in the summer, on a slow weekday evening, I was working the front registers alone when I looked up and saw Greg Maddux — plaid golf shorts, canary yellow golf shirt — standing behind the red-velvet rope, a few feet away, waiting for me to look up.
Then, she wore a STUNNING canary yellow Brandon Maxwell dress.
The color canary yellow is named after the domestic canary, which can be selectively bred to be yellow.
The shade of gold differs slightly among teams: the Penguins currently use "Vegas Gold", a color similar to metallic gold, and the Pirates' gold is a darker mustard yellow-gold, while the Steelers "gold" is more of a bright canary yellow.