Will it be yellow-greenish, yellowish-greenish or yellowish-green?
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Usually I've seen the "-ish" form precede the adjective, but for common color combinations (like "yellow-green") one could also add -ish to the end. What has your own research turned up? – TaliesinMerlin Dec 04 '19 at 21:47
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Since -ish is a very informal usage, any answer will be subjective. That said, it sounds more natural to use it only once-- yellowish-green to describe a shade of green that is more yellow than other greens, greenish-yellow to describe a shade of yellow that is more green than other yellows. Yellowish-greenish is even more informal and implies that you don't really know the color, and are trying to describe it to someone. – PlutoThePlanet Dec 04 '19 at 21:48
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Your distinction between yellowish green and greenish yellow seems to be correct. However, the compound adjective itself is not in the -ish form. As in, 'yellowish green' cannot be directly substituted in a sentence where 'yellowish' is being used. – user363926 Dec 05 '19 at 19:36
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Surely if you have to (and I'm not sure why you would), it would be yellow-green-ish, which follows the convention of simply adding -ish to the end of whatever it is, yellow-green in this case. – Jason Bassford Dec 13 '19 at 04:15