THE COLOR AND ITS PSYCHOLOGICAL AND

PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS

GROUP 3
DELFIN, Patricia
IKO, Enrico Kei
JIMOGA-ON, Pauline
TE, Jon
TORRE, Kenneth
ID 121 COLOR THEORY
Bachelor of Science in Interior Design
University of San Agustin

YELLOW
The word "yellow" comes from
theOld
Englishgeolu,geolwe(oblique
case), meaning "yellow, yellowish",
derived
from
theProtoGermanicwordgelwaz"yellow".
It has the same Indo-European
base,gel-,
as
the
wordyell;gel-means both bright
and gleaming, and to cry out. Yellow
is a color which cries out for
attention.
In thespectrum ofvisible light,
and
in
the
traditionalcolor
wheelused by painters, yellow is
the color of sunlight, gold, sandy
found betweengreen and Yellow
orange.is It
beaches, spring flowers and the dazzle of
is a primary color insubtractive
buttercups and dandelions in summer
color.
meadows.

Mary Gilliatt, Colour Your Home

Yellow appears on the slightest

mitigation of light, whether by semitransparent mediums or faint reflection
from white surfaces.

THE COLOR YELLOW

- Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Theory of Colours

Yellow is the most luminous of

all the colors of the spectrum. It
is the one nearest to the (white)
light. Its the color that captures
our attention more than any
other color.

THE COLOR YELLOW

In its highest purity it always carries with it the nature of brightness, and has a
serene, gay, softly exciting character. Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Theory of Colours

It is the color of
happiness, and
optimism, of
enlightenment and
creativity, sunshine
and spring.

Lurking
in
the
background is the dark
side
of
yellow:
cowardice,
betrayal,
Colour itself is a degree of
egoism,
and madness.
darkness.

THE COLOR YELLOW

Furthermore, yellow is the color of caution
and physical illness (jaundice, malaria, and
pestilence).

Perhaps its no coincidence that most

sources of yellow pigments are toxic
metals - cadmium, lead, and chrome - and

Yellow is psychologically the happiest color in

the color spectrum.
- www.sensational color.com

PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS

Yellow is psychologically the happiest color

in the color spectrum.

PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
Yellow is psychologically the happiest color in the
color spectrum.

Yellow is the most fatiguing

to the eye.
- Andrea Kieska, Psychological and
Physiological Effects of Color on
www.prezi.com

NUANCES OF THE COLOR YELLOW

Beigeisatermusedforarangeofpalebrownishoryellowishcolors.It
isvariouslydescribedasapalesandyfawncolor,agrayishtan,alightgrayishyellowishbrown,orapaletograyishyellow.
Hexadecimalcolorcode:#f5f5dc
RGBcolormodel:
96.08%R,96.08%Gand86.27%B
MunsellColorNotationcode: 5GY9/2

ChiffonorLemonChiffonisreminiscentofthecoloroflemon
chiffoncakeandisaverylightshadeofyellow.
Hexadecimalcolorcode:#fffacd
RGBcolormodel:
100%R,98.04%Gand80.39%B
MunsellColorNotationcode: 2.5GY10/4(approximate)

Creamisthepastelcolorofyellow,muchlikeaspinkistored.By
mixingyellowandwhite,creamcanbeproduced.Itisaverylightshade
ofyellow.
Hexadecimalcolorcode:#fffdd0
RGBcolormodel:
100%R,99.22%Gand81.57%B
MunsellColorNotationcode: 2.5GY10/4

NUANCES OF THE COLOR YELLOW

LemonYellow isarepresentationofthecoloroftheouterskinofa
lemon.Itisamediumshadeofyellow.
Hexadecimalcolorcode:#fff44f
RGBcolormodel:
100%R,95.69%Gand30.98%B
MunsellColorNotationcode: 10Y9/10(approximate)

CadmiumYellow isreminiscentofthecolorofyellowoncesourced
fromthemetalcadmium.
Hexadecimalcolorcode:#fff600
RGBcolormodel:
100%R,96.47%Gand0%B
MunsellColorNotationcode: 10Y9/12(approximate)

ChartreuseYellow,alsoknownastraditionalchartreuse,isa
yellowcolormixedwithasmallamountofgreenthatwasnamed
becauseofitsresemblancetothecolorofyellow chartreuse, oneofthe
Frenchliqueursintroducedin1838.
Hexadecimalcolorcode:#dfff00
RGBcolormodel:
87.45%R,100%Gand81.57%B
MunsellColorNotationcode: 5GY9/14

NUANCES OF THE COLOR YELLOW

MellowYellow ,alsocalledJasmine,isamediumlightshadeof
yellow.ItwasformulatedasoneofthecolorsinthePlochereColor
Systemin1948whichiswidelyusedbyinteriordesigners.
Hexadecimalcolorcode:#f8de7e
RGBcolormodel:
97.25%R,87.06%Gand49.41%B
MunsellColorNotationcode: 5Y9/8(approximate)

Gold,alsocalledGolden,usedtogivetheimpressionofthecolorof
theelementGold.
Hexadecimalcolorcode:#ffd700
RGBcolormodel:
100%R,84.31%Gand0%B
MunsellColorNotationcode: 5Y9/12(approximate)

Saffron,isatoneofgoldenyellowresemblingthecolorofthetipofthe
saffroncrocusthread,fromwhichthespicesaffronisderived.
Hexadecimalcolorcode:#f4c430
RGBcolormodel:
95.69%R,76.86%Gand18.82%B
MunsellColorNotationcode: 5Y8/10

NUANCES OF THE COLOR YELLOW

Topaz,isamediumlightshadeofyellowishbrown,reminiscentofthe
yellowishcastofthegemstonetopaz.
Hexadecimalcolorcode:#ffc87c
RGBcolormodel:
100%R,,78.43%Gand48.63%B
MunsellColorNotationcode: 5Y9/8(approximate)

Khaki,isamediumlightshadeofyellow-brown.Itisaloanwordfromthe
Hindustani(soil-colored)whichcametoEnglishthroughBritishIndia.
Hexadecimalcolorcode:#c3b091
RGBcolormodel:
76.47%R,69.02%Gand56.86%B
MunsellColorNotationcode: 2.5Y7/4(approximate)

YellowOcher,isacolorreminiscentofthemineralsourceofpigment
YellowOcher.Itisashadeofbrownwithayellowhue.
Hexadecimalcolorcode:#cf912a
RGBcolormodel:
81.18%R,56.86%Gand16.47%B
MunsellColorNotationcode: 10YR6/10(approximate)

THE COLOR YELLOW

Sources:
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Theory of Colours, trans. Charles Lock
Eastlake,Cambridge,MA:MITPress,1982,www.theoryofcolor.org
Gilliat,Mary.Colour Your Home, London:PeerageBooks,1988.

www.colors.findthedata.com
www.colormatters.com/yellow
www.encycoloredia.com
www.sensationalcolor.com
www.wikipedia.org