luteus.
yellow, lemon yellow, bright yellow, pallid yellow (as if dyed with weld)
Meaning & usage
yellow, lemon yellow, bright yellow, pallid yellow (as if dyed with weld)
saffron-colored
Where this word comes from
From lūtum (“weld, dyers' weed, Reseda luteola”). It was by Roman philosophers etymologized as coming from dīlūtus (“washed out”), which drove their understanding of it as an abstract, red-allied color in the middle of the visible spectrum, as seen on the rainbow.
of mud; of clay
dirty
corrupt
Where this word comes from
From lutum (“mud, dirt, clay”).
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