high yellow adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Of a black person, having a light skin tone.Now, you gonna get your little narrow, high yellow ass back into the theater and enjoy Soul Plane 2. — 2007 noun1 •A black person with light skin with yellow undertones.Being a light-skinned girl, you get called names. You get called 'lite-brite', you get called 'high yellow', 'redbone'. — 2014 formshigh yellows · more high yellow · most high yellow