1.
yellow-green; yellowish green
A yellowish green, like young leaves and fresh shoots. 黄緑 alone means the same color; adding 色 makes it explicitly "the color."
黄緑色の葉。
Yellow-green leaves.
春の新芽は黄緑色をしている。
Spring buds are yellow-green.
木の芽が芽吹き、山全体が黄緑色に染まった。
The buds came out and the whole mountain turned yellow-green.
A yellowish green, the color of new leaves and fresh shoots. Interchangeable with 黄緑; the 色 simply makes "color" explicit.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 黄緑色の葉: yellow-green leaves
- 黄緑色に染まる: to be dyed yellow-green
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 黄緑: yellow-green — the same color, without 色
Related Words
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黄緑