How to Use lemon yellow in a Sentence

lemon yellow

noun
  • The birch leaves around us are senescing from lime green to lemon yellow.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2019
  • These short square nails feature squeezes of both lemon yellow and lime green.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 29 May 2026
  • Although lemon yellow sometimes gives me the pip, so to speak.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 4 June 2021
  • From grapefruit to lemon yellow, juicy hues are having a growth spurt.
    — Marisa Spyker, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2024
  • These petals came in a variety of hues, such as pink, lemon yellow and white.
    — Jennifer Weil, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Choose from a set of eggplant and lemon yellow, bright pink laced with green, or a two-tone blue.
    — Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The pink walls and murals of the past have been replaced by a fresh coat of lemon yellow paint.
    — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 July 2025
  • Under the sheer layer, Lopez wore a lemon yellow sash tied across her hips.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Pipit grows to 16 inches and is lemon yellow with the cup aging to white.
    — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Sheer and mesh clothing are currently on trend, and this lemon yellow bucket hat fits right in.
    — Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 15 June 2022
  • Some are bright lemon yellow while others are creamier looking, and still more a much darker gold hue.
    — Maureen Gilmer, sacbee, 22 June 2018
  • Their bright, cheery colors include pure gold, lemon yellow, and pumpkin orange.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The Boyfriend singer just debuted a funky blonde-but-not-blonde bob with lemon yellow highlights and bangs.
    — Seventeen.com Editors, Seventeen, 28 Nov. 2022
  • One snake is a carrot color, another lemon yellow and a third is a mixture of seafoam green and dull brown.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Take her eye-catching aura manicure in a spacey blue-gray, or her springtime lemon yellow nails.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 May 2025
  • Hyacinth Red, is scarlet red, with lemon yellow and a minute proportion of brown.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2014
  • Franken painted his Sunkist track lemon yellow and orange orange and handed out bushels of fruit at the meets.
    — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2021
  • For the show, Nadin chose to paint the space, and the canvasses, a garishly bright lemon yellow.
    — Nina Siegal, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2022
  • These reusable nylon bags come in charming designs, like pink fish with green herbs on a lemon yellow background.
    — Popular Science, 8 Dec. 2019
  • Satin Down Jacket is on sale in three colors, including a bright lemon yellow and a soft sky blue.
    — Lauren Fischer, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Set against the home’s luminous white, cobalt and lemon yellow walls, the pieces have a mesmerizing effect.
    — New York Times, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Candy-color pastels like strawberry pinks, mint greens, aqua blues, and even lemon yellows are coming on strong.
    — Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The actor was radiant on the red carpet in a lemon yellow strapless Prada dress paired with black opera gloves.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 30 July 2022
  • This set includes seven different colors, including two shades of pink and blue, a lemon yellow, and bright white.
    — Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The bathrooms include original pink tiling in one and lemon yellow in the other, while hardwood floors are found throughout the house.
    — Lauren Ro, Curbed, 8 May 2018
  • The best tack, however, was the artistic use of light, bright color—pale pinks, lemon yellows, and tangerines, draped from head to toe.
    — Monica Kim, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2017
  • The palette includes lemon yellow, sunbeam orange and ocean blue, with black structural mesh as a counterpoint to these hues.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 16 June 2026
  • The moth is covered in lengthy fuzz—not venomous spines—with colors ranging from a dull orange to a bright, lemon yellow, but its fuzzy feet are always black.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2023
  • In contrast to the dark palette and dense imagery of the lower oval parlor, the upper one is bright lemon yellow with mostly blue figures.
    — Thomas Hine, Philly.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Hailey promoted the launch in a similar black bathing suit, letting the pops of lemon yellow do the talking throughout the shoot.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025

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