Which preposition to use with yellows

with Occurrences 71%

They become at length dense masses of rich yellow with a deep scarlet blush, or more than blush, on the exposed surfaces.

in Occurrences 70%

The leaves make beautiful masses of purple in the spring, and yellow in ripe autumn; while its acorns are eagerly gathered by Indians, squirrels, and woodpeckers.

as Occurrences 62%

Lusty Labour, with tired stoop, Levels low, at every swoop, Armfuls of ripe-coloured corn, Yellow as the hair of morn; And his helpers track him close, Laying it in even rows, On the furrow's stubbly ridge; Nearer to the poppied hedge.

of Occurrences 60%

hemlock, and the spruce, the yellow of the birch, the crimson of the maple, the dark brown of the beech, the grey of the oak, the silver glow of the popple, and the varying shades of all these, mingling and blending in all the harmony of brilliant coloring.

on Occurrences 30%

The pages of these old reviews rest yellow on the shelves.

to Occurrences 15%

Among the wonders of the sixteenth century was the appearance of a new star in the northern horizon, which, shining at first with a feeble light, gradually surpassed the brightness of the planet Jupiter; and then changing its color from white to yellow and from yellow to red, after seventeen months, faded away from the sight, and has not since appeared.

for Occurrences 10%

In clearest summer weather, the water would sometimes run thick and yellow for days, the result of some landslip where the snow and ice were melting.

from Occurrences 8%

but pa looked and smelled like a plate of pigs' feet and the doctor said it was an unmistakable case of yellow fever, he could tell by the smell, and then pa turned pale and yellow from fright, and they wrapped him up in a piece of canvas and took him away in an emergency hospital ambulance, and the whole show at once knew that we were in for a quarantine.

at Occurrences 8%

Milk, when drawn from the cow, is of a yellowish-white colour, and is the most yellow at the beginning of the period of lactation.

against Occurrences 5%

A little grove of gracefully slender poplars trembled in yellow against the azure above.

like Occurrences 5%

Close by was a man shaving some wine-bags of goat-skin; the hair was soft and yellow like the young gentleman's, so I took some of it to Pamphila.

by Occurrences 5%

A glass vessel, coloured yellow by means of a chemical process in which iron was utilised, is considered by Mr. Wylie to be of Saxon manufacture, and not Venetian or Roman, as other authorities hold.

behind Occurrences 4%

The yellow behind the greenback.

around Occurrences 3%

We have said nothing of his straight massive nose, his tawny curling beard, which shaded up to yellow around a broad and laughing mouth, where were perpetually flashing teeth of an even ivory whiteness a woman might have coveted.

under Occurrences 3%

Female: streaked brownish above and below, without any rosy color, but orange-yellow under the wings; she looks like an overgrown Sparrow with a swelled face.

before Occurrences 2%

Their leaves always turn yellow before the fall.

than Occurrences 2%

The bark is brown, of a singularly rich tone very attractive to artists, and the foliage is tinted with a warmer yellow than that of any other evergreen in the woods.

rosesfor Occurrences 1%

" For a month before Miss Myrover's death Sophy had been watching her rosebushthe one that bore the yellow rosesfor the first buds of spring, and, when these appeared, had awaited impatiently their gradual unfolding.

after Occurrences 1%

In this treatise the Doctor has demonstrated, that we see certain colours, not only with greater ease and distinctness, but with relief and pleasure, after having for some time contemplated other certain colours; as green after red, or red after green; orange after blue, or blue after orange; yellow after violet, or violet after yellow.

beneath Occurrences 1%

Stooping to pick this up, his eye caught a gleam of something yellow beneath the bureau, which lay directly in his line of vision.

about Occurrences 1%

He is some six or eight feet long, black, with more or less bright yellow about the tail and under the stomach.

into Occurrences 1%

The road stretched away pale and yellow into the gloom.

among Occurrences 1%

It was almost dark now, and far away the camp-fires blazed red and yellow among the trees.

along Occurrences 1%

" Jean was unwrapping the buckskin, fold after fold of it, until at last there was revealed a roll of paper, soiled and yellow along the edges.

out Occurrences 1%

Everything is yellow out-of-doors.

Which preposition to use with  yellows