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Shades and Varieties of Yellow

See also Shades of yellow

  • Lemons in the market of Valencia, Spain.

  • A gold nugget

  • Fresh butter

  • A fried egg, sunny-side up

  • Buddhist monks in Hangzhou, China

  • Taxicabs in New York City, USA.

  • A field of rapeseed in Germany.

  • Saffron is an orange-yellow.

  • Turmeric or curcuma longa is used as a spice in Indian and Southeast Asian cooking, as a medicine, and to dye the robes of Buddhist monks.

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