Happiness: Yellow, particularly bright yellow, connotes cheerfulness. In China, yellow signifies joy, glory, and wisdom. Fashion, packaging, and advertising designers use yellow to indicate celebration, frivolity, spontaneity, and jubilation.
Optimism: Yellow ribbons symbolize the hope of the return of a loved one after a long absence, as popularized in the classic song “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole OakTree.” In addition, yellow ribbons symbolize hope and awareness around AIDS, bladder cancer, endometriosis, and suicide prevention.
Sickness: Yellow can mean illness or nausea, especially in the combination of yellow-green. Warmth: Because of the association of golden yellow with sun and sunlight, many think of yellow as a warm color. In combination with red, it symbolizes heat or fire. A yellow room can make you feel warm in comparison to a white room since cool colors in interior design instead invite relaxation and calm. Wisdom: In medieval Europe, yellow meant reason. Modern European universities’ scientific faculty still use yellow caps and gowns to represent reason in the world of science.!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. 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 GardenYellow 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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