Yellowish

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. similar to the color of an egg yolk [syn: yellow , yellowish ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Xanthous \Xan"thous\, a. [Gr. xanqo`s yellow.] Yellow; specifically (Ethnol.), of or pertaining to those races of man which have yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 yellow-brown; yolk-colored. 2 (context archaic ethnology English) Pertaining to people with yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1829, "fair-haired and light-complexioned," from Greek xanthos "yellow," of unknown origin (see xantho- ). But the word also was used in 19c. anthropology as "specifying the yellow or Mongoloid type of mankind" [Century Dictionary].