The Color Yellow

• Yellow has come to symbolize our support of the men and women of the armed forces.  Remember the song, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree."
• On the Native American medicine wheel, East is represented by the color yellow, signifying the beginning.  The sun rises in the east, and with the sun comes a new day.
• The color yellow is said to stimulate the memory.
• Yellow dominates the Chinese culture like nowhere else in the world. 
• In India, yellow is the color Hindus wear to celebrate Spring.
• In the U.S., taxi cabs, school buses, and warning signs are painted yellow to grab our attention.
• In the Aztec culture, yellow symbolized food because it was the color of corn, their primary food source.
• In medical terms, a yellow flag indicates a quarantine.
• 75% of the pencils sold in the U.S. are painted yellow.
• In car racing, a yellow flag signals caution.  Cars must remain in their current position when the yellow flag is shown.
• In football, when a referee throws a yellow flag onto the playing field, that indicates a penalty.
• Yellow's complimentary color in the garden is purple.
• Yellow is a primary color that is parent to other beautiful colors.
• Ripe bananas are dressed in yellow.
• Juicy yellow pineapple isn't sweet, it isn't tart, it's a taste of its very own.
• The yellow lemon peel refreshes, lifts the spirits, and rejuvenates.
• Smiley faces, butter, canaries, baby chicks, daffodils, slicker raincoats, yellow jacket wasps, and egg yolks are fine representatives of this endearing color.

Yellow Rose of Texas