Colourings

When all the cars come back to roost at the weekends, you can see a riot of colours out front.


The only drab one is mine - a safe grey.


The others are


a chilli red


a blue


a black


between a rust and a red


and a new addition


BRIGHT YELLOW



I remember chanting this little ditty in primary school with my friends to determine who was to be IT in a game of catching. It replaced lat-talilat-tamplom for quite a while and went something like:

Green, green fairy queen
Blue, blue golden shoe
Red, red botak head
Yellow, yellow dirty fellow

My mates in the school percussion band 1962
(me in 3rd row centre, marked in red)

Guess that's why for me, yellow takes a little getting used to after having been brainwashed at an impressionable young age.

Here's what the colour yellow supposedly represents:


Yellow is the color of sunshine. It's associated with joy, happiness, intellect, and energy.

Yellow produces a warming effect, arouses cheerfulness, stimulates mental activity, and generates muscle energy.

Yellow is often associated with food.

Bright, pure yellow is an attention getter, which is the reason taxicabs are painted this color.

When overused, yellow may have a disturbing effect; it is known that babies cry more in yellow rooms.

Yellow is seen before other colors when placed against black; this combination is often used to issue a warning.

In heraldry, yellow indicates honor and loyalty. Later the meaning of yellow was connected with cowardice.

Use yellow to evoke pleasant, cheerful feelings.

You can choose yellow to promote children's products and items related to leisure.

Yellow is very effective for attracting attention, so use it to highlight the most important elements of your design.

Men usually perceive yellow as a very lighthearted, 'childish' color, so it is not recommended to use yellow when selling prestigious, expensive products to men – nobody will buy a yellow business suit or a yellow Mercedes.

Yellow is an unstable and spontaneous color, so avoid using yellow if you want to suggest stability and safety.

Light yellow tends to disappear into white, so it usually needs a dark color to highlight it.

Shades of yellow are visually unappealing because they loose cheerfulness and become dingy

Dull (dingy) yellow represents caution, decay, sickness, and jealousy.
Light yellow is associated with intellect, freshness, and joy.

More colours here


I'm inclined to earthy colours myself. But please tell me what colours do I wear to complement a bright yellow Alfa 156 1999 model? I still have my oversized Victoria Beckham two-toned sunglasses, or are they out-of-fashion already?