Sulphureus
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Also known as: sulphurea, sulphureum
A color epithet describing a pale, soft, slightly greenish or creamy yellow — the color of raw sulphur. It implies a more muted, cooler yellow than flavus or luteus, and is used for flowers or foliage with this distinctive, slightly ghostly pale tone. Appears as sulphureus (masculine), sulphurea (feminine), or sulphureum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin sulphureus, meaning "of sulphur" or "sulphur-colored," from sulphur (sulphur, brimstone).
Example
“Cosmos sulphureus produces flowers in warm sulfur-yellow to orange tones, and Coreopsis 'Sulphurea' bears the characteristic pale, soft-yellow blooms the epithet describes.”