Yellow is one of the oldest colour words in the English language. Its originated from the Indo-European
language group, coming from the root words, which later also formed the words ‘gold’ and ‘yell’, meaning
cry out.
If you would like to learn more about root words click here.
Just like colour red, yellow has above a 1000 different shades and possesses one of the widest ranges of
different tints, most likely due to the fact that it is a primary colour. Here you are presented with 16
different colour shades and their names that you can learn.
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