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95 Things That Are Yellow

John Spacey, May 28, 2022

Yellow is a rare color in nature with the prominent exception of the sun that is perceived as yellow during the day. As a rare color, yellow is used by birds, fruits and flowers to attract attention. Yellow is also used as a safety color due to its high contrast with most other colors. Yellow is the color of well known materials such as wood, brass and gold. As such it is a common color for furnishings, interiors, musical instruments and jewelry. The following are common things that are yellow.

Amber	Apricots
Autumn Leaves	Bamboo
Bananas	Bees
Beeswax	Bell Peppers
Blonde Hair	Brass
Brass Musical Instruments	Bugs
Butter / Margarine	Butter Cookies
Buttercream	Buttercups
Buttered Popcorn	Butterflies
Canaries	Chickpeas
Chiffon Cake	Chrysanthemums
Citrine	Cockatiel
Corn	Cornbread
Custard	Daffodils
Daisies	Dandelions
Ducklings	Egg Yolks
Fire	Fool's Gold
French Fries	Ginger
Gold	Golden Apples
Golden Beets	Golden Kiwi
Golden Poison Frog	Golden Retrievers
Golden Watermelon	Goldenrod
Grapefuit	Highlighters
Honey	Honeycombs
Incandescent Lightbulbs	Jackfruit
Korma	Lemonade
Lemons	Mango
Maple Syrup	Melons
Mustard	Mustard Flowers
Nashi Pears	Pasta
Pears (ripe)	Pencils
Pina Colada	Pineapples
Plantains	Pollen
Raincoats	Rubber Ducks
School Buses	Snakes
Sponge Cake	Sponges
Starfruit	Sulfur
Sunflowers	Taxis
Tennis Balls	The Sun
Traffic Signs	Tulips
Turmeric	Vanilla Ice Cream
Vanilla Milkshakes	Vegetable Oil
Wheat / Fields of Wheat	Wood
Yellow Beryl	Yellow Curry
Yellow Diamond	Yellow Dragonfruit
Yellow Pond Turtles	Yellow Roses
Yellow Tea	Yellow Tomatoes
Yukon Gold Potatoes