Word Study
luteous
CIDE DICTIONARY
luteous, a. [L. luteus, fr. lutum dyer's broom, weld, which is used as a yellow dye.].
Yellowish; more or less like buff. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
luteous, adj. of a deep orange yellow or greenish yellow.
Etymology
L luteus f. lutum WELD(2)
ROGET THESAURUS
luteous
Yellowness
N yellowness, yellow, or, gamboge, cadmium-yellow, chrome-yellow, Indian-yellow king's-yellow, lemonyellow, orpiment, yellow ocher, Claude tint, aureolin, xanthein, xanthin, zaofulvin, crocus, saffron, topaz, xanthite, yolk, jaundice, London fog, yellowness, icterus, xantho- cyanopia, xanthopsia, yellow, aureate, golden, flavous, citrine, fallow, fulvous, fulvid, sallow, luteous, tawny, creamy, sandy, xanthic, xanthous, jaundiced, auricomous, gold-colored, citron-colored, saffron-colored, lemon-colored, lemon yellow, sulphur-colored, amber-colored, straw-colored, primrose- colored, creamcolored, xanthocarpous, xanthochroid, xanthopous, yellow as a quince, yellow as a guinea, yellow as a crow's foot, warm, advancing.For further exploring for "luteous" in Webster Dictionary Online