Yellow...

I've always enjoyed looking at the color yellow...so bright and shines with optimism!

Here are some random yellow facts...

--In Chinese culture, colors corresponded with the five primary elements, the directions, and the four seasons. Yellow was associated with earth and the center (in relation to direction).

--The Chinese have placed a predominance upon the color yellow not seen elsewhere in the world. It was the color of emperors during both the Ming dynasty and the Quing dynasty.

--In India, yellow is the color of the Vaisya caste, or farmers, and is the color Hindus wear to celebrate the Festival of Spring.

--During the tenth century in France, the doors of traitors and criminals were painted yellow.

--In the United States, taxi cabs and school buses are associated with the color yellow.

--Jews wore yellow armbands in Nazi concentration camps.

--In Aztec culture, yellow symbolized food because it was the colour of corn, the primary food of the Aztec people.

--Yellow signifies "sadness" in Greece's culture and "jealousy" in France's culture.

--Yellow is representative of "Greed" in Christianity.

--Yellow is the symbol for liberalism in many countries.

--Yellow is psychologically the happiest color in the color spectrum.

--In medical terms, a yellow flag indicates a quarantine.

--Yellow is the color that means "elevated" in the color-coded threat system established by presidential order in March 2002. This system quickly informs law enforcement agencies when intelligence indicates a change in the terrorist threat facing the United States.

--75% of the pencils sold in the United States are painted yellow

--A yellow flag is used in car racing to signal caution. Cars must remain in their current position when a yellow flag is shown.

--A penalty is indicated in football when a referee throws a yellow flag onto the playing field.