Mellow Yellow My Butt!
People who hung out in a yellow room were more active and energetic than other rooms. Yellow is the color of sunshine. And we all know what sunshine enables…LIFE! ENERGY! JOY! HAPPINESS!
Yellow is cheerful, it’s stimulating, it’s an attention getter, and not the pale yellow kind, the bright kind…(it’s no accident it’s taxicab yellow)
But when overused, yellow may have a disturbing effect, I mean let us not forget, it has been connected to cowardice and they say babies cry more in yellow rooms so be careful not to overuse the color.
If you’re considering it as a corporate outfit, I’ll tell ya, it’s said that men usually perceive yellow as a very lighthearted, ‘childish’ color, I wouldn’t buy a powersuit in a yellow tone…or your next Mercedes…do they even make those?
But if you’re a creative professional, go ahead and sport a yellow shirt or pair of shoes even (that would be ballsy) cause it’s viewed as a spontaneous color.
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At no other time than winter do these words I read in a recent More Magazine ring any truer: “As far as I’m concerned, the most obnoxious pairing of words in the English language is the phrase ‘good morning.’ Separately, each word is fine, but say them together while I’m still in bed and you can expect a pillow flung at your head along with some heartfelt epithets!”
