Yellow

Yellow is a color with a wavelength 565-590 nanometers. It is one of the subtractive primary colors, and its complementary color is blue. However, because of the characteristics of paint pigments used in the past, painters traditionally regard its complement as purple.

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Yellow is a bright cheerful color, often associated with happiness and peace.

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In the English language, yellow has traditionally been associated with jaundice and cowardice. In American slang, a coward is said to be "yellowbellied" or "yellow."

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Because it is similar to the gold color and precious metals such as gold or bronze, yellow is associated with coinage and bullion.

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"Yellow journalism" is sensationalist journalism that distorts, exaggerates, or exploits news to maximize profit. The term came from Joseph Pulitzer's New York World and William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal American, who engaged in sensational reporting during the late 19th and early 20th century, most famously during the Spanish-American War. The term was derived from the color comic strip The Yellow Kid, which appeared in both papers.

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