If you’re familiar with our Artist Members online shows, you may know about our “Art by Members With the Magical Color Blue” and “Many Shades of Green in Art by Artist Members” among others, such as red, purple and gray.
We invite you now to enjoy the power of yellow in art created by artist members. Visit their pages to view more of their artwork. Visit their websites and contact them directly to purchase their artwork.
Yellow is the brightest color of the visible spectrum, and it is the most noticeable of all colors by the human eye. It has been said yellow is a good color to strengthen the nerves, stimulate communication and collaboration, clear the mind, and encourage laughter, fun and joy. Last, but not least, it is the color we associate with the sun.
The color yellow and its many tonal and chromatic variations offer the artist a myriad ways to use it — either in its full strength or diluted. The artist may choose to apply it generously to saturate a work of art or use it sparingly as a glowing accent. Whatever intentional formula or intuitive process the artist uses, when yellow emerges in their artwork, it is a color that cannot be ignored.
Art history informs us, J. M. W. Turner’s watercolor palette included the color Indian Yellow. Later the Scottish Colorists adopted it in oil form. Claude Monet used yellow as a focal point in this painting titled “Water Lily Pond, Evening”, while Vincent van Gogh devoted almost the entire painting to different shades of yellow in his painting “Sunflowers”.
Did you know this fact? The word yellow comes from the terms ‘geolu’ and ‘geolwe’, which both are from Old English, which in turn is derived from the Germanic ‘gelwaz’.
Consider bringing art created with the power of yellow and its many positive attributes into your home or office.
Yellow in Art by Members of The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS Online Art Gallery
Yellow in Various Cultures: In Japan, yellow is the color of courage. In Ancient Egypt, yellow was associated with gold, which was considered to be imperishable, eternal and indestructible. The ancient Romans used yellow in their paintings to represent gold and also in skin tones. It is found frequently in the murals of Pompeii.
Yellow in Poetry: Poets writing about the color have often focused on the yellow leaves of autumn, or the yellow hair of a woman, or yellow sun-filled sky. American poet Wallace Stevens wrote, “The yellow glistens. It glistens with various yellows, Citrons, oranges and greens, Flowering over the skin.”
Karen Johnston
The Science Behind Yellow: Yellow is the brightest color of the visible spectrum, and it is the most noticeable of all colors by the human eye.
Yellow in Color Systems: Yellow is a primary color in subtractive color systems and the color between orange and green on the spectrum of visible light.
Andre Chatelain
Yellow and Mental Stimulation: Yellow stimulates the left side of the brain, which promotes logical thinking. That’s why it is a good choice for a room used for studying. And, when used at networking events the color yellow has proven effective in producing mutual collaboration.
Vicki P. Maguire
Yellow in Nature: The color yellow appears often in nature, and can be seen in fruit like lemons, flowers like tulips and rose, and animals including tigers, giraffes, some reptiles and fish, insects like bees and butterflies, and birds including canaries and ducklings.
Agnes Jorgensen
Yellow and Moods: With its effortless innocence, the color yellow resonates deeply with children and the cheerful and lively hue inspires positivity.
Tanis Bula
Yellow Sunflowers: The sunflower’s yellow color symbolizes vitality, intelligence, and happiness and also traditionally symbolizes friendship.
Diane Fleisch Hughes
Yellow and Chakras: In the realm of metaphysics, yellow is used to symbolically represent the third, solar plexus chakra (Manipura).
Mary Lou Dauray
Shades and Tints of Yellow: There are dozens of shades and tints of the color yellow. They include cadmium yellow light, pale and medium, mustard, cream, gold, amber, khaki, cream, lemon chiffon, maize, goldenrod, straw, saffron, and lemon, among many others.
Andrea Robinson
Yellow with Other Colors: Artists know that the color yellow is bright alone, yet it appears brighter when juxtaposed with its complementary color purple. When used with either of its analogous colors red or green it has a different effect.
Kelsey Worth
Historical Fact about Yellow: Because it was widely available, yellow ochre pigment was one of the first colors used in art; the Lascaux cave in France has a painting of a yellow horse 17,000 years old. Natural pigments of a yellow color can be made from ochre, saffron, turmeric and Garcinia tree resin.
Bonita Telford says
The color yellow speaks about calm, reality, truth, endurance, and lastly sorrow. Many who were sick, described times when they experienced all of these, some eventually succumbed to their disease, but they had some comfort with various shades of yellow around them. For a 90 years old who suffered from Dementia for 3 years, a yellow scarf mixed with colors of orange, red and green was her comfort piece.
Renee Phillips says
Dear Bonita, Thank you for sharing that very interesting information about the color yellow! May you enjoy all the positive benefits of color and none of the negative aspects. 🙂
Mary Mirabal says
Yellow is a cheery color and always makes me smile. I enjoyed this beautiful exhibit.
Vicki says
Renee,
Color has such impact and so this exhibit on yellow
Works was wonderful. I’ve invested in a few books
That speak of perspective and energy as it’s the
Message given as we make choices. Loved it!