yellowish

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The treated livers appeared smaller and healthier, with a normal red color, compared to the enlarged, yellowish livers seen in untreated animals.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026

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

The white tee doesn’t sit the same way, or inevitably accumulates a yellowish stain in the armpit crease.

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2024

In an instant, the sky far to the west switched from black to yellowish white, as if someone had flipped on a light in a dark room.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin