[colour schemes] the culture of yellow

Yellow is hope, happiness, sunshine, cowardice, deceit, high visibility, cheerfulness, support, remembrance, danger, being laid back, relaxation and irresponsible reporting.

For years, yellow ribbons were for women who waited for their men to come home from war. Yellow is for mourning in Egypt and actors of the Middle Ages wore yellow to signify the dead. Yet yellow has also represented courage (Japan), merchants (India), and peace.

Near the end of the 18th century, yellow was mental illness, insanity and depravity. In China, yellow is associated with prosperity and pornography. In ancient China, yellow was the Centre and Earth. In many countries, yellow symbolizes liberalism.

Other words associated with it: Lemon, yellow ocher, golden, saffron, cream, topaz. Read also about red, blue, green and brown.