Yellow: the Grooviest Color
September 9, 2020
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SOURCES
Books
Pastoureau, Michel. Yellow: the History of a Color. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019.
St. Clair. The Secret Lives of Color. New York: Penguin Books, 2016.
Links
https://www.nixsensor.com/color-column-yellow/
https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/aestheticism-and-decadence
https://www.artsandcollections.com/article/a-history-of-the-colour-yellow/
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180906-did-animal-cruelty-create-indian-yellow
https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1950/whats-the-origin-of-yellow-bellied/
https://99designs.com/blog/tips/color-meanings/
https://zevendesign.com/color-association/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/artsy-smiley-face-origin/index.html