Yellow facts for kids

This box shows the color yellow.

Yellow is the colour of:

The outer skin of a banana
The outer skin of a lemon
The color of urine

Meaning of yellow

Yellow can represent light and the sun's rays as well as lightning.

The phrase "yellow" used to be used as a sign of cowardice.

In China, yellow is the color of royalty. Emperors used to wear yellow.

On road signs in the USA, yellow means "warning" or "danger". It is used to mean this because it is easy to see. Some animals, like bees and hornets, also use the color in combination with black as a warning so that other animals will know to stay away from them.

Inkjet printers use yellow ink as one of their three basic colors, along with cyan ink and magenta ink.

Tones of yellow colour comparison chart

Yellow Mist (web colour Light Yellow) (Hex: #FFFFE0) (RGB: 255, 255, 224)
Old Lace (web colour) (Hex: #FDF5E6) (RGB: 253, 245, 230)
Linen (web colour) (Hex: #FAF0E6) (RGB: 250, 240, 230)
Antique White (web colour) (Hex: #FAEBD7) (RGB: 250, 235, 215)
Blanched Almond (web colour) (Hex: #FFEBCD) (RGB: 255, 235, 205)
Light Goldenrod (web colour) (Hex: #FAFAD2) (RGB: 250, 250, 210)
Lemon Chiffon (web colour) (Lemon Cream) (Hex: #FFFACD) (RGB: 255, 250, 205)
Cornsilk (web colour) (Hex: #FFF8DC) (RGB: 255, 248, 220)
Beige (web colour) (Hex: #F5F5DC) (RGB: 245, 245, 220)
Cream (Hex: #FFFDD0) (RGB: 255, 253, 208)
Papaya Whip (web colour) (Hex: #FFEFD5) (RGB: 255, 239, 213)
Banana Mania (Crayola) (Hex: #FBE7B2) (RGB: 251, 231, 128)
Moccasin (web colour) (Hex: #FFE4B5) (RGB: 255, 228, 182)
Peach-Yellow (Hex: #FADFAD) (RGB: 250, 223, 173)
Wheat (web colour) (Hex: #F5DEB3) (RGB: 245, 222, 179)
Bisque (web colour) (Hex: #FFE4C4) (RGB: 255, 228, 196)
Navajo White (web colour) (Hex: #FFDEAD) (RGB: 255, 222, 173)
Light Khaki (X11 "Khaki") (Hex: #F0E68C) (RGB: 240, 230, 140)
Pale Spring Bud (Crayola "Spring Green") (Hex: #ECEBBD) (RGB: 236, 235, 189)
Pale Goldenrod (web colour) (Hex: #EEE8AA) (RGB: 238, 232, 170)
Pale Canary Yellow (Crayola Canary) (Hex: #FFFF99) (RGB: 255, 255, 153)
Buff (HexF0DC82) (RGB: 240, 220, 130)
Flax (Hex: #EEDC82) (RGB: 238, 220, 130)
Zinnwaldite (Hex: #EBC2AF) (RGB: 235, 194, 175)
Desert Sand (Crayola) (Hex: #EDC9AF) (RGB: 237, 201, 175)
Peach Puff (web color) (Hex: #FFDAB9) (RGB: 255, 218, 185)
Peach (Hex: #FFE5B4) (RGB: 255, 229, 180)
Deep Peach (Crayola Peach) (Hex: #FFCBA4) (RGB: 255, 203, 164)
Peach-Orange (Hex: #FFCC99) (RGB: 255, 204, 153)
Bright Apricot (Crayola Apricot) (Hex: #FDD5B1) (RGB: 253, 213, 177)
Apricot (Hex: #FBCEB1) (RGB: 251, 206, 177)
Dandelion (Crayola) (Hex: #FED85D) (RGB: 254, 216, 93)
Mustard (Hex: #FFDB58) (RGB: 255, 219, 88)
Energy Yellow (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #F8DD5C) (RGB: 248, 221, 92)
Medium Goldenrod (Crayola Goldenrod) (Hex: #FCD667) (RGB: 252, 214, 103)
Mellow Yellow (Hex: #F8DE7E) (RGB: 248, 222, 126)
Medium Yellow (Crayola Yellow) (Hex: #FCE883) (RGB: 252, 232, 131)
Maize (Corn) (Hex: #FBEC5D) (RGB: 251, 236, 93)
Ultra Yellow (Unmellow Yellow) (Crayola) (Hex: #FFFF66) (RGB: 255, 255, 102)
Laser Lemon (Crayola) (Hex: #FEFE22) (RGB: 254, 254, 34)
YELLOW (Electric Yellow) (Hex: #FFFF00) (RGB: 255, 255, 0)
Pooh (Hex: #FDFD02) (RGB: 255, 253, 2)
Lemon Yellow (Lemon) Hex: #FFF700) (RGB: 255, 247, 0)
Process Yellow (Pigment Yellow) (Printer's Yellow) (Canary Yellow) (Hex: #FFEF00) (RGB: 255, 239, 0)
Golden Yellow (Hex: #FFDF00) (RGB: 255, 223, 0)
School Bus Yellow (Hex: #FFD800) (RGB: 255, 216, 0)
Golden (web color Gold) (Hex: #FFD700) (RGB: 255, 215, 0)
Sunglow (Crayola) (Hex: #FFCC33) (RGB: 255, 204, 51)
Supernova (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #FFC901) (RGB: 255, 201, 1)
Tangerine Yellow (Hex: #FFCC00) (RGB: 255, 204, 0)
Saffron (Hex: #F4C430) (RGB: 244, 196, 48)
Golden Poppy (Hex: #FCC200) (RGB: 252, 194, 0)
Amber (Hex: #FFBF00) (RGB: 255, 191, 0)
Selective Yellow (Hex: #FFBA00) (RGB: 255, 186, 0)
Macaroni and Cheese (Crayola) (Hex: #FFB79B) (RGB: 255, 185, 123)
Sandy Brown (web color) (Hex: #F4A460) (RGB: 244, 164, 96)
Atomic Tangerine (Crayola) (Hex: #FF9966) (RGB: 255, 153, 102)
Gamboge (Hex: #EF9B0F) (RGB: 239, 155, 15)
Pale Gold (Crayola Gold) (Hex: #E6BE8A) (RGB: 230, 190, 138)
Brass (Hex: #C3A368) (RGB: 195, 163, 104)
California Gold (Hex: #A98F64) (RGB: 169, 143, 100)
Vegas Gold (Hex: #C5B356) (RGB: 197, 179, 88)
Old Gold (Hex: #CFB53B) (RGB: 207, 181, 59)
Metallic Gold (Hex: #D4AF37) (RGB: 212, 175, 55)
Goldenrod (web color) (Hex: #DAA520) (RGB: 218, 165, 32)
Satin Sheen Gold (Hex: #CBA135) (RGB: 203, 16, 53)
Buddha Gold (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #C1A004) (RGB: 193, 160, 4)
Peru (web color) (Hex: #CD853F) (RGB: 205, 133, 63)
Ochre (Hex: #CC7722) (RGB: 204, 119, 34)
Dark Goldenrod (web color) (Hex: #b8860B) (RGB: 184, 134, 11)
Bronze Yellow (Hex: #737000) (RGB: 115, 112, 0)
Sandy Taupe (Hex: #967117) (RGB: 150, 113, 23)
Fallow (Hex: #C19A6B) (RGB: 193, 154, 107)
Khaki (HTML/CSS) (Hex: #C3B091) (RGB: 195, 176, 145)
Ecru (Hex: #C3B091) (RGB: 205, 184, 145)
Dark Khaki (X11 "Dark Khaki") (Hex: #BDB76B) (RGB: 189, 183, 107)
Citrine (Hex: #E4D00A) (RGB: 228, 208, 10)
Pear (Hex: #D1E231) (RGB: 209, 226, 49)
Starship (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #E3DD39) (RGB: 227, 221, 57)
Chartreuse Yellow (Hex: #DFFF00) (RGB: 223, 255, 0)
Neon Yellow (Hex: #FFFFE0) (RGB: 207, 255, 4)
Electric Lime (Crayola) (Hex: #CCFF00) (RGB: 204, 255, 0)
Lime (Hex: #BFFF00) (RGB: 191, 255, 0)
Green-Yellow (web color) (Hex: #ADFF2F) (RGB: 173, 255, 47)
Spring Bud (Hex: #A7FC00) (RGB: 167, 252, 0)
Yellow-Green (web color) (Hex: #9ACD32) (RGB: 154, 205, 50)
Citrus (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #A1C50A) (RGB: 161, 197, 10)
June Bud (Hex: #BDDA57) (RGB: 189, 218, 87)
Medium Spring Bud (Hex: #C9DC89) (RGB: 202, 220, 137)
Pale Green-Yellow (Crayola Green-Yellow) (Hex: #F1E788) (RGB: 242, 231, 136)
Lime Pulp (Hex: #D1E189) (RGB: 209, 225, 137)
Olivine (Hex: #9AB973) (RGB: 154, 185, 115)
Pistachio (Hex: #93C572) (RGB: 147, 197, 146)
Swamp Green (Hex: #ACB78E) (RGB: 172, 183, 142)
Camouflage Green (Hex: #78866B) (RGB: 120, 134, 107)
Dark Olive Green (web color) (Hex: #556B2F) (RGB: 85, 107, 47)
Olive Drab (web color) (Hex: #6B8E23) (RGB: 107, 142, 135)
Olive (web color) (Hex: #808000) (RGB: 128, 128, 0)
Shadow (Crayola) (Hex: #837050) (RGB: 131, 112, 80)
Raw Umber (Hex: #734A12) (RGB: 115, 74, 18)

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Complements of yellow have a dominant wavelength in the range 380 to 480 nm. The green lines show several possible pairs of complementary colors with respect to different blackbody color temperature neutrals, illustrated by the "Planckian locus".
A yellow jacket wasp
Yellow ochre quarry in Roussillon, France
Yellow temple in Palakkad, India
Bradley Wiggins wears the yellow jersey in the 2012 Tour de France.
Image of a horse colored with yellow ochre. from Lascaux cave.
Byzantine art made lavish use of the colors gold and white, here in this mosaic of the Emperor Justinian from the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy (Before 547 AD).
The Kiss of Judas (1304–06) by Giotto di Bondone, followed the Medieval tradition of clothing Judas Iscariot in a yellow toga.
Young Man in a Yellow Robe Jan Lievens, c.1630-1631
The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer (c. 1658)
A Young Girl Reading, or The Reader. Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1776, 32" x 25 1/2" National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway. (1844). British painter J.M.W. Turner used yellow clouds to create a mood, the way romantic composers of the time used music.
Georges Seurat used a new pigment, zinc yellow, in the green lawns of A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884–86). He did not know that the paint would quickly deteriorate and turn brown.
Sunflowers (1888) by Vincent van Gogh is a fountain of yellows.
The Yellow Kid (1895) was one of the first comic strip characters. He gave his name to type of sensational reporting called Yellow Journalism.
Yellow Room, Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1910
Yellow was valued for its high visibility. Las Vegas became a showcase of neon art and advertising.
The Palácio do Planalto, official workplace of the President of Brazil, illuminated in yellow light.
An example of color printing from 1902. Combining images in yellow, magenta and cyan creates a full-color picture. This is called the CMYK color model.
On a computer display, yellow is created by combining green and red light at the right intensity on a black screen. This is called the RGB color model.
Autumn colors along the Eagle River near Anchorage, Alaska
Daffodils in Cornwall
Bananas, like autumn leaves, canaries and egg yolks, get their yellow color from natural pigments called carotenoids.
The yolk of a raw egg. The color comes from the xanthophyll carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin
Yellow-breasted chat
Yellowhammer
A male yellow warbler
A domestic canary
Budgerigar
Orpiment was a source of yellow pigment from ancient Egypt through the 19th century, though it is highly toxic.
Indian yellow pigment
Chrome yellow was discovered in 1809.
The dye and spice saffron comes from the dried red stigma of this plant, the crocus sativus.
Curcuma longa, also known as Turmeric, has been used for centuries in India as a dye, particularly for monk's robes. it is also commonly used as a medicine and as a spice in Indian cooking.
Reseda luteola, also known as dyers weed, yellow weed or weld, was the most popular source of yellow dye in Europe from the Middle Ages through the 18th century.
The Garcinia tree of Southeast Asia, whose resin is used to make the yellow dye called gamboge.
Reflectance spectra of yellow pigments, as a percentage of white (Abney 1891)
Portrait of the Zhengde Emperor from the Ming dynasty.
The Qianlong Emperor in court dress (18th century).
Yellow roofs in the Forbidden City, which are limited to imperial buildings.
Neon lights in modern Shanghai show a predominance of red and yellow
School bus
A mailbox in Germany. Yellow was the color of the early postal service in the Habsburg Empire.
A crashtender of the Royal Danish Air Force.
An RAF Sea King rescue helicopter.
Yellow penalty card given during the match between Arsenal F.C. and Birmingham City F.C. (2010)
The Empress Eugenie dressed as Marie Antoinette, painted by Franz Winterhalter (1854)
Portrait of Madame Kuznetsova, by Ilya Repin. (1901)
The Ball by James Tissot (1880)
Yellow Dress - Paris Haute Couture Spring-Summer
Kuchipudi dansers
Singer Kylie Minogue performs at a Nobel Prize Concert
Christ giving the golden key of the kingdom heaven to Saint Peter (1481–82), by Pietro Perugino. The golden key is the symbol of the Pope.
Pope Benedict XVI. The Pope traditionally wears gold and white outside St. Peter's Basilica.
Buddhist monks at the promotion ceremony of a monk in Thailand
Buddhist monks in Tibet
A Japanese Buddhist monk in downtown Tokyo
A Hindu sadhu, or ascetic wandering monk or holy man, in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Yellow facts for kids

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Meaning of yellow

Tones of yellow colour comparison chart

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