yellowed pages
Time-stained book leaves
Yellowed pages are paper that has aged and discolored from white to cream or tan, typically in old books, newspapers, or documents.
The yellowing results from chemical changes in the paper over time.
The phrase evokes nostalgia, antiquity, or the passage of time: She found her grandmother's letters, their yellowed pages fragile to the touch.
- agedAdvanced in years
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- brittleLiable to shatter
- fadedLost original color
- dustyCoated with fine particles
old · worn · vintage · parchment · sepia · musty · foxing · crumbling · fragile · leather · binding · manuscript · rare books · archive · library · time-worn · weathered · delicate
- book termsfolio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, leaf
- discolorationdiscoloration, stain, stains, staining, spots
- street bookstallpaperbacks, novels, magazines, newspapers, secondhand books
paper condition/age
yellowed pagescrisp white sheets
yellow, yellowing, yellows, yellowish, yellowness, page, paged, paging, pager