Yesterday's Strands Hints & Answers - Solve NYT Strands

THEME

Hue are my sunshine

• Word 1: BLUE

  Definition: of a colour intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or sea on a sunny day

  Synonyms: sky blue, azure, cobalt (blue), sapphire, cerulean, navy (blue), saxe (blue), Oxford blue, Cambridge blue, ultramarine, lapis lazuli, indigo, aquamarine, turquoise, teal (blue), cyan, of the colour of the sky, of the colour of the sea, depressed, down, sad, saddened, unhappy, melancholy, miserable, sorrowful, gloomy, dejected, downhearted, disheartened, despondent, dispirited, low, in low spirits, low-spirited, heavy-hearted, glum, morose, dismal, downcast, cast down, tearful, sexually explicit, explicit, indecent, dirty, filthy, obscene, rude, coarse, vulgar, bawdy, lewd, racy, risqué, salacious, naughty, wicked, improper, unseemly, smutty, spicy, raw, off colour, ribald, Rabelaisian

• Word 2: GREEN

  Definition: of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass or emeralds

  Synonyms: greenish, viridescent, verdant, grassy, grass-covered, leafy, verdurous, unripe, not ripe, immature, inexperienced, unversed, callow, immature, pale, wan, pallid, ashen, ashen-faced, pasty, pasty-faced, grey, whitish, washed out, whey-faced, waxen, waxy, blanched, drained, pinched, sallow, lawn, common, grassy area, sward, grass, environmentalist, conservationist, preservationist, nature-lover, eco-activist

• Word 3: INDIGO

  Definition: a tropical plant of the pea family, which was formerly widely cultivated as a source of dark blue dye

  Synonyms: violet, mauve, purple

• Word 4: ORANGE

  Definition: a town in southern France, on the River Rhône, home of the ancestors of the Dutch royal house

  Synonyms: ginger, ochre, copper, gold, golden, paprika, terracotta, saffron, tawny, yellowish, reddish

• Word 5: VIOLET

  Definition: a herbaceous plant of temperate regions, typically having purple, blue, or white five-petalled flowers, one petal of which forms a landing pad for pollinating insects

  Synonyms: mauve, indigo, lavender, lilac, purple

• Word 6: YELLOW

  Definition: of the colour between green and orange in the spectrum, a primary subtractive colour complementary to blue; coloured like ripe lemons or egg yolks

  Synonyms: yellowish, yellowy, lemon, lemony, amber, gold, golden, cowardly, lily-livered, faint-hearted, chicken-hearted, pigeon-hearted, craven, spiritless, spineless, timid, timorous, fearful, trembling, quaking, shrinking, cowering, afraid of one's own shadow, pusillanimous, weak, feeble, soft, overdramatized, dramatic, melodramatic, exaggerated, overripe, sensationalist, sensationalistic, graphic, explicit, unrestrained, lurid

• Spangram: CHASINGRAINBOWS

  Definition: undefined