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Yellow is also one of the primary pigments.


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Yellow is a bright cheerful color, but in the English language, yellow is associated with cowardice. One example is the expression "yellow journalism".
Yellow is a bright cheerful color, but in the English language, yellow is associated with cowardice. A coward is said to have a "yellow belly". It can also mean that something is tainted, as in the expression "yellow journalism".

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. If you browser supports color tables, the following square will be yellow:

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Yellow is also one of the primary pigments.

Usage, symbolism, colloquial expressions

Yellow is a bright cheerful color, but in the English language, yellow is associated with cowardice. A coward is said to have a "yellow belly". It can also mean that something is tainted, as in the expression "yellow journalism".

The Beatles made a song called [The Yellow Submarine]?.


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