No. 4,858 in Dutch
geels
"Geels" means "yellowish" in English.
In a sentence
De zonsondergang kleurt de lucht geels.
The sunset colors the sky yellowish.
Here, 'geels' is used to describe a color hue, specifically a yellowish tone, associated with the appearance of the sunset.
Hij koos een geels soort stof voor de gordijnen.
He chose a yellowish kind of fabric for the curtains.
In this sentence, 'geels' describes a particular shade of yellow attributed to a type of fabric.
Ze schilderde de bloemen in verschillende tinten geels.
She painted the flowers in various shades of yellowish.
'Geels' is here used to refer collectively to different tones or varieties of the yellowish spectrum as seen in painting.
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