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Definition of "canary yellow" [canary yellow]

  • A moderate yellow with a greenish tinge (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "canary yellow" in a sentence
  • "He slowed for a moment, letting a woman in an old canary yellow Ford Pinto squeeze in front of us."
  • "Moody'd come dressed for the occasion in a chocolate polyester suit, canary yellow shirt, string tie, and lizard skin boots."
  • "The man with the plus fours, having gained the pump in one bold leap, was whirled out standing between a fat fire-fighter wearing a rainbow-hued cummerbund and a thin one sporting a canary yellow kilt."
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