Certain objects should be certain colors. Kitchen utensils, off-white. Sex aids, lavender. Smokestacks, plaid. Farm equipment, red och re. Power tools, tan. All bird houses, yellow.
Yellow is the Honduras of colors--it gets no respect. No one vacations in the Honduras. Few people know its location. Yellow is bland--not as bland as tint, a color only artists know. Yet it is essential to our daily lives.
Curbs are painted yellow, yellow tape indicates a crime scene, yellow flags signify a wide load. There is Yellowstone Park, Mellow Yellow, Yellow Rose of Texas, yellow sunrises, except in sooty China, yellow note pads, yellow liquid, which indicates one's body is functioning correctly.
Significant yellow nutrition include bananas, corn, squash, mustard, yellow gumballs, yellow icing.
I liberally use this disrespected color in my paintings, along with burnt umber, burnt sienna, and raw umber, mysterious sounding colors. In contrast, yellow sounds like a root canal.
Why aren't there more yellow buildings and statues and airplanes? If every single country had some yellow in their flag, maybe this under appreciated hue would get its due.
Did I mention lemons?
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