As we slip into winter basking in yellow sunlight seems inviting, so this thread is devoted to all things YELLOW The Color Yellow The color yellow is the color of the mind and the intellect Yellow is the most luminous of all the colors of the spectrum. It’s the color that captures our attention more than any other color. In the natural world, yellow is the color of sunflowers and daffodils, egg yolks and lemons, canaries and bees. In our contemporary human-made world, yellow is the color of Sponge Bob, the Tour de France winner’s jersey, happy faces, post its, and signs that alert us to danger or caution. It’s the color of happiness, and optimism, of enlightenment and creativity, sunshine and spring. Lurking in the background is the dark side of yellow: cowardice, betrayal, egoism, and madness. Furthermore, yellow is the color of caution and physical illness (jaundice, malaria, and pestilence). Perhaps it’s no coincidence that the sources of yellow pigments are toxic metals - cadmium, lead, and chrome - and urine. Global Meanings of Yellow Yellow's global similarities are significant: In almost every culture yellow represents sunshine, happiness, and warmth. Yellow is the color most often associated with the deity in many religions (Hinduism and Ancient Egypt) Yellow is the color of traffic lights and signs indicating caution all over the world. Unique Meanings of Yellow in Different Cultures In Japan, yellow often represents courage. In China, adult movies are referred to as yellow movies. In Russia, a colloquial expression for an insane asylum used to be "yellow house." Bright “marigold” yellow may be associated with death in some areas of Mexico. Those condemned to die during the Inquisition wore yellow as a sign of treason. A yellow patch was used to label Jews in the Middle Ages. European Jews were forced to wear yellow or yellow “Stars of David” during the Nazi era of prosecution. Yellow is the most visible color of the spectrum. The human eye processes yellow first. This explains why it is used for cautionary signs and emergency rescue vehicles. Peripheral vision is 2.5 times higher for yellow than for red. "Yellow" Look at the stars, Look how they shine for you, And everything you do, Yeah, they were all yellow. I came along, I wrote a song for you, And all the things you do, And it was called "Yellow". So then I took my turn, Oh what a thing to have done, And it was all yellow. Your skin, Oh yeah your skin and bones, Turn into Something beautiful, Do you know, You know I love you so, You know I love you so. I swam across, I jumped across for you, Oh what a thing to do. 'Cause you were all yellow, I drew a line, I drew a line for you, Oh what a thing to do, And it was all yellow. Your skin, Oh yeah your skin and bones, Turn into Something beautiful, Do you know, For you I'd bleed myself dry, For you I'd bleed myself dry. It's true, Look how they shine for you, Look how they shine for you, Look how they shine for, Look how they shine for you, Look how they shine for you, Look how they shine. Look at the stars, Look how they shine for you, And all the things that you do.
Are we including gold in the yellow part of the spectrum? If so, the possibilities are almost limitless.
Just think...if a few asteroids hadn't quite hit in the right place, what would we be giving gold medallists at Olympic Games, etc.?
Oh shoot. I just posted this over in the Good Morning thread before I saw this new thread. Well, so what, here it is again. It's a Vladamir Kush, Russian artist. It's worthy of a double posting…
A classic "drip" picture by Jackson Pollock is believed to have become the world's most expensive painting after it was sold in America by the Hollywood entertainment mogul David Geffen for $140 million (£75 million).Nov 3, 2006.
"Wheat field" by one of my favorite artists, Vincent Van Gogh. He used yellow in quite a few of his works.
True Chrissy, many probably could, but here's the thing… Pollock had two things going for him…A. an individual idea that had never been perceived as art before and B. perfect cultural timing He was the prime innovator of Abstract Expressionism and led Avant-Garde He was the first to replace the brush stroke with drip. Ideas begin as abstractions in our minds. Some people's minds are more literal and need realism. Pollock came along at the right time, in an era when Americans were becoming fascinated and obsessed with heroic individual creators and when the development of mass media accelerated and multiplied the dissemination of new ideas and images in art. Life Magazine did an article on him which asked the question, "Is he the greatest painter in the U.S.?" In other words, he got in on a trend that was just emerging. Same thing goes for Monet,Van Gogh and the likes…with Impressionism. They were the first. Many artists have followed and paint in the impressionistic style now but will never be as legendary because they weren't first…it wasn't their innovative idea.