Yellow Color Morsels

Wooden pencils have been painted yellow since the 1890s. The color yellow was chosen because the highest quality graphite came from China, where the color signified royalty.

Yellow jackets are aggressive wasps, and they prey on a number of other insects and larvae. They are easily provoked, particularly by noise or vibration. Yellow jackets don’t pollinate plants like bees, and they become increasingly aggressive as their colony grows in size and food becomes scarce in colder months.

The yellow harbinger of spring–the daffodil–is one of the few bulbs that squirrels won’t eat. The bulbs contain crystals that are toxic to every animal but a few insects. Daffodils are the national flower of Wales, and there are over 13,000 different hybrids.

Though there are more than 1000 different kinds of banana plants in the world, most of them don’t taste good. Nearly all commercial banana plants are the Cavendish variety, and as bananas ripen, they turn from green to yellow, the sugar levels rise, and the flesh becomes creamier.

Read About the Color Yellow

Yellow Words, Phrases And Idioms

Examples of how the meaning of yellow colors our language:

• Yellow-bellied: a cowardly manner
• Yellow fever: a disease involving high fever and jaundice that is common in the tropics
• Yellow jack: a flag flown on a vessel to show that it is under quarantine
• Yellow-dog contract: a contract which denies a person the right to join a worker's union
• Yellow journalism: newspaper articles thought to be sensationalized in order to sell more papers. [See The Color Idiom Born of a Business Rivalry]

Quotes About Color Yellow

Yellow As A Signature Color

A signature color is different than a favorite color although for some people they many be one and the same. It is all in how you express yourself with a color and how consistently you wear it or surround yourself with the color that makes it your signature shade.

• Kate Hudson - Although often seen wearing yellow it was her gorgeous yellow dress seen on the movie poster for How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days that showcased how amazing this celebrity looks surround by her signature color.
• Solange Knowles - It is her absolute favorite color. The color looks so good on her, that big sister, Beyoncé, has even been known to get in on the act.

Companies & Brands Identified by Yellow

Cities With Color Names: Yellow

Song With Color in the Title or Lyrics

• Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell, covered by Amy Grant and Counting Crows
• Black, Red, Yellow by Pearl Jam
• Blue and Yellow by The Used
• Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow by Frank Zappa
• Double Yellow Line by The Music Machine
• Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
• Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss
• Mellow Yellow by Donovan
• Tie A Yellow Ribbon by Tony Orlando and Dawn
• Yellow Submarine by the Beatles
• Black and Yellow” by rapper Wiz Khalifa

Color And Our Sense Of Smell: Yellow

It’s not just emotion that makes scent powerful. It’s closely tied to your memories, as well. Smell also plays a major role in our ability to taste. When combined with color those connections become even stronger.

• The yellow colored Magic Scents Crayons labeled "Lemon" from Binney & Smith Inc. was originally scented to smell like lemons. However, after numerous reports that children were "eating" the food-scented crayons the company changed to less tasty options. The scent for the color yellow became “Daffodil.”
• Lemon scent enhances cognitive performance. Doing a hard crossword puzzle or taking the law boards? Suck on lemon drops. People smelling lemon report that they feel better than people smelling other pleasant scents - a scent-sory bonus! - Psychology Today
• Lemon Peel has a very strong, fresh lemon scent with the aromatherapy benefits of being uplifting, refreshing, cheering, stimulating, and rejuvenating.

Color Taste Connection: Yellow

There are five basic groups of taste, which send signals to our brain to interpret flavor. However, we also send signals with our eyes before we take a bite and give our taste buds a chance to process the flavor. The color can pre-determine how we perceive the taste and flavor of what we eat.

• Wonderfully sweet with firm and creamy flesh, bananas come prepackaged in their own yellow jackets. They are America’s favorite tropical fruit.
• The exceptional juiciness and vibrant tropical flavor of the pineapple, which balances the tastes of sweet and tart, makes them only second to bananas as America’s favorite tropical fruit.
• Juicy and sweet, with a soft, buttery, yet somewhat grainy texture, the white to cream-colored flesh of pears was once referred to as the “gift of the gods.”
• We are just beginning to discover the wealth of nourishment supplied by the mildly sweet flavored and finely textured winter yellow squash. It was once such an important part of the diet of the American Indians that they buried it along with the dead to provide them nourishment on their final journey to the afterlife.

The Color Yellow In The Garden

• Yellow can be loud and brassy; it catches light and brightens any area. Bright yellows combine well with hot colors (red and orange.) Pale yellows combine beautifully with blue. Yellow is an intense color that should be used sparingly; white helps to diffuse the intensity. - New York Botanical Garden

• Yellow is considered a warm color in landscape design.
• Yellow’s appearance in the garden has a stimulating effect.
• Yellow flowers come forward in the landscape, helping to make a large garden feel cozier.

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