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  • There's the pulse of yellow flowers and the pulse of purple flowers, and although there are flowers which don't fit the two main pulses – such as the whiteish meadowsweets and eyebrights and the pure blue harebells – the yellows and purples are so strong they dominate the natural colours of the landscape.

    Country diary: Wenlock Edge 2011

  • The Nasturtium ‘Yeti’ promises to brighten the scene with whiteish blooms.

    Equal Time Mish Mash Monday* « Fairegarden 2010

  • Angel, on the other hand, who was small and white or, as he liked to put it, whiteish, and who not only always looked like hed slept in his clothes but looked like other people might have slept in them too, nibbled his food in an almost delicate manner, the way a small bird might if it could hold a short rib in its claws.

    The Lovers John Connolly 2009

  • He has written extensively on the subject, describing the UV as a "whiteish blue" ..

    Beyond the visible Ray Girvan 2005

  • It looks whiteish with the low frequency removed, or as if some noise has been high-pass filtered.

    Something New on MBH98 « Climate Audit 2006

  • Our kitchen is yellow (or at least it WILL be fully yellow when I finish painting over the sickly pink that was under the gross whiteish grey wallpaper that we stripped off after we moved here).

    sheepdip Diary Entry sheepdip 2003

  • Directly in front of them was the first of the whiteish walks: Modyun stepped gingerly onto it, stopped, and turned.

    The Battle of Forever Van Vogt, A. E. 1971

  • _Fly_; the great _Moth_, with a great Head, yellow Body, and whiteish

    The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing Robert Howlett

  • _ -- A haziness in the air which fades the sun light and makes the orb appear whiteish or ill defined, or at night if the moon and stars grow dim and a ring encircles the former, rain will follow.

    The Teesdale Angler R Lakeland

  • It is a faint, shimmering, airy, watery pink; the bright sea-light seems to flush with it and the pale whiteish-green of lagoon and canal to drink it in.

    Italian Hours Henry James 1879

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