yellow n 1 a: a colour whose hue resembles that of ripe lemons or sunflowers or is that of the portion of the spectrum lying between green and orange b : a pigment or dye that colours yellow 2 : something yellow or marked by a yellow colour: as a : a person having yellow or light brown skin b : the yolk of an egg 3 pl : JAUNDICE 4 pl : any of several plant diseases casued esp. by viruses and marked by yellowing of the foliage and stunting -Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary
Yellow is warm and luscious, inviting and powerful. Yellow is always happy, I always thought that if I was yellow I would never have a sad day. Yellow makes me smile. Yellow makes me let go of the held breath. Yellow feels like luxury and shining smoothness.
Yellow send out its glimmering rays to capture anyone within its presence, comfident that it's friendly message of warmth and sunlight will stimulate the imagination to new heights. It is an extroverted hue, one that can never be described as dark or dim. –Colour: Messages and Meaning by Leatrice Eiseman
In China, yellow was contrasted to black but is also its complement; the close connection between black and yellow corresponds to the manifold relationships of the Yang (yellow) and the Yin (black). Yellow arises out of black as the earth arises out of the primal waters. –The Herder Dictionary of Symbols
In every society, yellow is equated with the splendor and heat of the sun. Yellow emulates sunshine, light and warmth. It is a colour that is identified with imagination and enlightenment, glowing with the intesity of sunlight itself. -Communicating with Colour by Leatrice Eiseman
Yellow is the hottest, the most expansive and the most burning of all colours in its intensity, violence and almost strident shrillness; or else it is as broad and as dazzling as a flow of molten metal... always overflowing the limits within which one tries to confine it. -The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols by Jean Chevalier and Alain Gheerbrant
Yellow: what are your favourite yellows? Honey yellows .:. Golden yellows .:. Lemon yellows .:. Butterscotch yellows?
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