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Yellow is the color of light whose wavelength is between 565nm and 590nm, or is a mixture of red and green light that appears to be the same color.
Yellow is one of the subtractive primary colours ( primary pigments), and its complementary color is blue. However, because of the characteristics of paint pigments used in the past, painters traditionally regard its complement as purple.
Yellow is a bright cheerful color, but in the English language, yellow is associated with jaundice and cowardice. In American slang a coward is said to have a yellow belly. It can also mean that something is tainted, as in the expression " yellow journalism".
Coldplay recorded a song called " Yellow ", the Beatles a song called " Yellow Submarine", and Donovan a song " Mellow Yellow ."Yellow was the symbol for the Emperor of China and consequently of the Chinese monarchy. It was also the color of the New PartyThe New Party (, xindang), formerly the Chinese New Party (CNP; , zhonghua xindang), is a political party in the Republic of China on Taiwan. The Chinese New Party was formed out of a split from the then-ruling Kuomintang by members of the New Kuomintang on TaiwanThe Republic of China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: ; Wade-Giles: Chung-hua Min-kuo, Tongyong Pinyin: JhongHua MinGuo, Hanyu Pinyin: Zhonghua Minguo) is a de facto sovereign state that currently administers the island groups of Taiwan, Peng. In the United States in the 20th century, immigrants from China and other East Asian nations were derogatively referred to as a " Yellow perilYellow Peril was a phrase that originated in the late 19th century with greater immigration of Chinese and Japanese laborers to the United States. The term refers to the skin color of east Asians, and the racist notion that Asians were a threat to civiliz."
Yellow, in international political organizations, is the color for liberalistsThe Liberal International is an international organization for liberal parties. It is headquartered in London, and was founded in 1947. Its president is Annemie Neyts of the Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten. Members European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Pa (see Political partyA political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues. In party-list proportional representation, parties (and sometimes multi-party cartels) can play a functional role in the voting system.).
In some countries, taxicabAlternative meaning: taxicab geometry. Hackney carriage). A taxicab (sometimes called taxi cab or hack is a vehicle for hire which conveys passengers between locations of their choice. In most other modes of public transport, the pick-up and drop-off locas are commonly yellow. This practice apparently began in New York, where taxi owner Harry N. Allen painted his taxis yellow after learning that yellow is the color most easily seen at a distance.
In CanadaCanada historically the Dominion of Canada is the second-largest, and northernmost, country in the world. It is a decentralized federation of 10 provinces and 3 territories, governed as a constitutional monarchy, and formed in 1867 through an act of Confe and the United States School buses are almost uniformly painted a bright yellow color (often referred to as "school bus yellow") for purposes of visibility and safety. "Caterpillar yellow" and "high-visibility yellow" are used for highway construction equipment.
In auto racing, a yellow flag signals caution. Cars are not allowed to pass one another under a yellow flag.
The Yellow Pages is the section of a phone book or online phone directory that lists business numbers by category. They are named for the color paper they are printed on in phone books to distinguish them from the regular listings.
Yellowcake (also known as urania and uranic oxide) is concentrated uranium oxide, obtained through the milling of uranium ore. Yellowcake is used in the preparation of fuel for nuclear reactors and in uranium enrichment, one of the essential steps for creating nuclear weapons.The Yellow Rose of Texas , or "Harison's Yellow," first bloomed in New York City in the 1830s.