yellowish

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Waterbury, a city of 115,000 in west central Connecticut, was long known as “Brass City” for its factories that made everything from lipstick holders to parts of Hoover Dam from the yellowish alloy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

When they got to the last three to five metres, "it just got dark brownish, sort of a yellowish colour", which told them they had potentially found very different conditions, said Kutuzov.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

Other dentists were less sure about the wad of yellowish stuff stuck between his left front tooth and the tooth next to it.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2025

Zimmer’s team members—who worked in hazmat suits to protect themselves from the lead-rich yellowish deposits that coated the cathedral after the fire—also recovered 1000 pallets of stone and metal items.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 5, 2024

She was easily two hundred and twenty-five kilos big and two meters tall, and her fur was stained a yellowish white from being off the ice for so long.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz