10 reasons you should, by all means, wear yellow. Beside the fact that you will glow like gold on steroids. Here are some things you should know!

1 The meaning of yellow is happiness!

The meaning of Yellow is happiness. Or more accurately, Yellow is the color that represents happiness! A research conducted in some European countries that get little sunlight, proved that the depression percentages are much higher than in most other countries. And it is true - how do you feel when the sun is shining? Happy? Energetic? Full of drive and desire?

It brings out positive emotions. By simply looking at it’s light, by simply being “wrapped” by its warmth, you feel full and ready to take on life.

Yellow is the color most associated with optimism and pleasure; it is a color designed to attract attention, and is used for amusement. It is always associated with gaiety and celebration.

If you wear yellow, you are guaranteed that the people around you will be smiling.


The Empress Eugenie dressed as Marie Antoinette, painted by Franz Winterhalter (1854)	Portrait of Madame Kuznetsova, by Ilya Repin. (1901)	The Ball by James Tissot (1880)	Yellow Dress – Paris Haute Couture Spring-Summer	Singer Kylie Minogue performs at a Nobel Prize Concert

2 Yellow color means self confidence!

The right Yellow will lift our spirits and your self-esteem; it is the color of confidence and optimism.

Karen Haller, a color psychology expert, explains that psychologically, Yellow is linked to confidence, happiness, self-esteem and optimism.’

Yellow is the color that represents the emotions, being one of the psychological primaries.

Yellow can boost your self-esteem and self confidence, leaving you feeling full of optimism and positivity.

By wearing it, you also give that great feeling to those who surround you.

3 Yellow is the most visible color among all others!

Scientifically, Yellow is the most visible color in daylight. It is the most visible color in the colors spectrum. It is the first wavelength of light processed by the human eye. Our peripheral vision (the ability to see side or fringe areas when we look straight ahead) is 2.5 times higher for it than it is for red. All that you need to do is choose the right tone of Yellow, and you are good to go. You will be noticed from miles away. You may have not took the time to think about it, but Yellow is used almost anywhere, where something needs to be noticed;

Lines on the road that delineate areas with different purposes like highways margins, road work signs, sale signs and point-of-purchase displays, danger signs that need to be noticed, river buoys – anything that needs to be highly visible. School buses are Yellow, In some countries, taxicabs are commonly Yellow. This practice began in Chicago, where taxi entrepreneur John D. Hertz painted his taxis Yellow based on a University of Chicago study alleging that Yellow is the color most easily seen at a distance.

An article that was read by many designers;

Do you know that good feeling when you are driving and feel you must fill your tank and you see a gas station in the distance? It is like it is saying “The oasis is here”. It’s an everyday common feeling that we do not take the time to think about, but what happens in our brain when we see a gas station sign in the distance is the release of dopamine.

And it is no coincidence that the list of gas stations that use Yellow in their logo, background or as a second color, is endless. The designers aimed to let us drivers relax and get a shot of dopamine as we notice a gas station from far, while they emphasised this happy feeling with a dash of Yellow.

(are you wondering what gas stations use Yellow? Here are a few: Gas stations like Shell, Seaoll, buc-ees PDV, AS24, bp, Terpel, Nobile, PitStop, Ipiranga, EXA and so many more use Yellow in their promising happiness from a far.)

Royal vehicles such as the English Sea King rescue helicopter and the crash tender of the Royal Danish Air Force also use yellow.

So, that's the secret. Wear it, and be noticed from miles away.

4 Yellow outfits mean wisdom, light and reason

Yellow, as the color of sunlight, is commonly associated with warmth. Yellow combined with red symbolized heat and energy. A room painted Yellow feels warmer than a room painted white, and a lamp with Yellow light seems more natural than a lamp with white light.

But besides being the color of light, Yellow is also associated, at the same time, with knowledge and wisdom. In English and many other languages, "brilliant" and "bright" mean intelligent. In Islam, the Yellow color of gold symbolizes wisdom. In medieval European symbolism, Yellow symbolized reason. In many European universities, Yellow gowns and caps are worn by members of the faculty of physical and natural sciences, as Yellow is the color of reason and research.

So in this case, wearing it symbolises wisdom.

5 Yellow goes way back

In Ancient Egypt, Yellow was associated with gold, which was considered to be imperishable, eternal and indestructible. The skin and bones of the gods were believed to be made of gold. The Egyptians used Yellow extensively in paintings; they usually used either Yellow ochre or the brilliant orpiment. King Tutankhamun had a small paintbox with orpiment pigment that he carried with him till his last day. Women were always shown with Yellow ochre or gold faces.

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.

The ancient Maya glyph for "Yellow" also means "precious" or "ripe".

Paintings in Yellow, of the royal dynasty, family of Nakht in ancient Egypt (15th century BC).

Byzantine art made lavish use of gold, seen in this detail of the mosaic of the Emperor Justinian from the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy (before 547 AD).

Wear Yellow, to share the prestige with the imperishable, eternal and indestructible kings and queens of the ancient world.

6 Yellow is the center of the world

The Chinese people are considered very wize. Yellow has strong historical and cultural associations in China, where it is too, the color of happiness, glory, and wisdom. In China, there are five directions of the compass; north, south, east, west, and the middle, each with a symbolic color. Yellow signifies the middle. China is called the Middle Kingdom; the palace of the Emperor was considered to be in the exact center of the world.

The legendary first emperor of China was called the Yellow Emperor. The last emperor of China, Puyi (1906–67), described in his memoirs how every object which surrounded him as a child was Yellow. "It made me understand from my most tender age that I was of a unique essence, and it instilled in me the consciousness of my 'celestial nature' which made me different from every other human."

The Chinese Emperor was literally considered the child of heaven, with both a political and religious role, both symbolized by Yellow. After the Song dynasty, bright Yellow color can only be worn by the emperor. Distinguished visitors were honored with a Yellow, not a red, carpet.

A cute fact: Wooden pencils have been painted Yellow since the 1890s. The color Yellow was chosen because the highest quality graphite came from China, where the color signified royalty.

A cute fact 2: The sun is both - Yellow, and, the center of our univers. Indeed, Yellow is the center of the world.

Wear Yellow to symbol that you are the center of the world, like you're the sole emperor - the only one in the empire who's allowed to wear that divine color.

7 Yellow is gold, yellow is blond

In ancient Greece and Rome, the gods were often depicted with Yellow, or blonde hair, which was described in literature as 'golden'. The color Yellow was associated with the sun gods - Helios and Apollo. It was fashionable in ancient Greece for men and women to dye their hair Yellow, or to spend time in the sun to bleach it. In ancient Rome, it became a fashionable hair color for aristocratic women, influenced by the exotic blonde hair of many of the newly conquered Gaul, Britain, and Germany. Later, Yellow hair was more poetically called 'blond,' 'light', 'fair,' or most often "golden".

Wear Yellow, it's exotic.

8 Yellow gives mysterious sensation feeling

It is a color that gives its viewers the mysterious sensation feeling where you can smell the scent of something tangible, longings and pure happiness. The best way to experience that would be by looking at some art, painted by well known artists:

"The Kiss", by Gustav Klimt. Can you breathe the desire and longing?

"Yellow Fog Lights", by Leonid Afremov. Can you smell the love? Can you breathe the mystery?

"Sunflower Field with House", by Robin Wethe Altman. Can you feel that complete happiness?

Wear Yellow to astound everybody, and leave them breathless, as you leave a mysterious allure after you.

9 Wearing yellow helps turning dreams into reality

Spiritual wise, The color of the Solar Plexus chakra, also known as Manipura. This chakra is located in the stomach area and is linked to organs and muscular system in that area. The Solar Plexus chakra is representative of vitality and will. When this chakra is open, it acts to empower a person and help them find their personal strength. It will help turn dreams and goals into reality. Gemstones that will aid the Solar Plexus chakra include amber, topaz, citrine, Yellow calcite, Yellow jasper.

Wear it, to symbol that your dreams and goals are on their way to become true.

10 Yellow is passion

We’ll end up with two significant fruits - The first one is one of the "celebs" and a very well known, world wide fruit. It is called: Banana;
Before its ripe, it’s green, when it’s rotten it’s black, but between those two stages, when it’s ripe, its sugar level is at its pick, it is ready to be pealed and eaten, and it’s Yellow.

The second, is the one that will anchor this article and give it its tone:
The Passion fruit is Yellow from the inside. And that about says it all and sets you - wearing Yellow, to rare, special, full of self confidence, joyfull, precious and ripe, full of passion and royal.