Yellow

Yellow

Yellow (/ˈjɛloʊ/) is the color of gold, butter, or ripe lemons. In the spectrum of visible light, and in the traditional color wheel used by painters, yellow is located between green and orange.

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Famous quotes containing the word yellow:

    “When three persons are of the same mind, yellow dirt can be turned into gold.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “Don’t read much now: the dude
    Who lets the girl down before
    The hero arrives, the chap
    Who’s yellow and keeps the store,
    Seem far too familiar. Get stewed:
    Books are a load of crap.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1985)

    “a star
    called Wormwood rose and flickered, shattering
    bent light over the dead boiling up in the ground,
    the biting yellow their corrupted lives
    streaming to war, denying all our words.”
    —Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980)