some light yellow material

[meliss]

Hi, I'd like to know what is descibed by the "light" - colour or material?
"She was dressed in some light yellow material, with small puffed sleeves, and carried a big straw hat in her hand." (The Landauers, Christopher Isherwood).

 

[GoesStation]

If Isherwood was a very careful writer (or had a fastidious editor) and was trying to describe the color, he might have hyphenated light-yellow to mark it as a compound adjective. There's no way to know. Unless the weight or color of the fabric features as a later plot point, the reader can understand it either way.

 

[jutfrank]

I'm much more swayed towards the material being lightweight.