Mellow yellow

Nature rarer uses yellow
Than another hue;
Saves she all of that for sunsets, --
Prodigal of blue,

Spending scarlet like a woman,
Yellow she affords
Only scantly and selectly,
Like a lover's words.

Emily Dickinson

That's a perfect gem of a poem. The color yellow is one of the blessings of spring. The buds on those forsythia branches I cut right before the snowstorm finally popped open, and the bunch of yellow tulips are from the grocery store.

Yellow is the color of happiness, brightness, stimulation and warmth. Yellow is also the most visible color on the spectrum and it supposedly increases metabolism. It's also said that people are more likely to lose their tempers in yellow rooms, and babies tend to cry more in yellow rooms.


Still, nothing is more cheerful than a plain blue vase filled with yellow tulips or daffodils.

Vincent Van Gogh gets the last word: How wonderful yellow is. It stands for the sun.