YELLOW
Hex triplet:
#FFFF00
sRGB (r, g, b): (255, 255, 0)
HSV (h, s, v): (60°, 100%,
100%) |
The following information is from
Wikipedia:
The word
yellow comes from the Old English geolu, or
geolwe which derived from the Proto-Germanic word
gelwaz. The oldest known usage of this word in English is
in the Old English poem Beowulf, in a description of a
shield made of wood from a yew tree. In the English language,
yellow is used to describe objects having the color between green
and orange in the visible light spectrum (gold, egg yolks,
sunflowers, etc.). The color is associated with age and aging, both
with people and objects (i.e. yellowed-paper). The term is
associated at times with jealousy, as well as cowardliness. Lastly,
it is associated with sensational journalistic practices, or yellow
journalism, and resistance to militant trade unions.
Yellow
Birch
The yellow
birch (Betula alleghaniensis) is a birch species native to
eastern North America, from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and
southern Quebec west to Minnesota, and south in the Appalachian
Mountains to northern Georgia. They are medium-sized deciduous
trees and can reaching about 20 m tall, trunks up to 80 cm in
diameter. The bark is smooth and yellow-bronze and the wood is
extensively used for flooring, cabinetry, and
toothpicks. |
Yellow Breasted
Chat
Yellow-breasted Chats
(Icteria virens) are large foraging songbird found in
southern parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Central
America. They are olive with a white bellies and a yellow throat
and breast, with a long tail, a thick heavy bill, a large white eye
ring, and dark legs. |
Yellowjacket
Yellowjackets
are black-and-yellow wasps of the genus Vespula or
Dolichovespula (though some can be black-and-white, the
most notable of these being the bald-faced hornet,
Dolichovespula maculata). They can be identified by their
distinctive black-and-yellow color, small size (slightly larger
than a bee), and entirely black antennae. |
Goldenrod
The goldenrod
is a yellow flowering plant in the Family Asteraceae. Goldenrods
can be used for decoration and making tea. Goldenrods are, in some
places, held as a sign of good luck or good fortune; but they are
considered weeds by some. The goldenrod is the state flower of the
U.S. states of Kentucky (adopted March 16, 1926) and Nebraska
(adopted April 4, 1895). |
Yellow
Tidbits:
The
Cache
You are looking for an ammo can
in the woods, yes - you guessed it, just off the Yellow Trail in
Bartlett Park (aka Stanky Creek). Since it IS just off the trail,
you will need to be stealthy. You can either stay on the Yellow
Trail the entire time or, if you want to save some time, you can go
cross-country. Obviously, the terrain is higher if you leave the
trail. Please cover the cache VERY well and look at it from all
angles to make sure it is not visible to passersby. There are a
couple of geocaching stickers for the cacher who is first to find
and a variety of swag for everyone else. When you write your log,
feel free to share your thoughts about the color yellow.
Enjoy! |