Literary notes about yellow (AI summary)
Yellow is employed in literature as a versatile descriptor that imbues both nature and everyday objects with a vivid, sometimes ironic character. For instance, yellow flowers in sunlit fields [1] and ripening wheat amid vast landscapes [2] evoke a sense of warmth and vitality, while the delicate beauty of creatures like the yellow warbler [3] ties the color to natural wonder. At the same time, yellow serves to highlight specific details in human features or possessions—a character’s gleaming yellow eyes [4], a neatly done yellow hair [5], or even the inviting glow of a yellow lamp that suddenly lights up a room [6]. In each case, yellow operates not merely as a descriptive hue but as a multifaceted symbol enriching the narrative’s visual and emotional palette.
- The blue and yellow flowers stood up proudly in the sun, Each one.
— from Anthology of Massachusetts Poets - A panorama of green corn, oat, and barley fields, brown hay stubble, and yellow wheat in the shock can be seen by merely turning one's head.
— from In Pastures Green by Peter McArthur - After searching for a time among the tree-tops, I spotted the singer, and was surprised to find him a yellow warbler.
— from Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers, Part One and Part Two by Arthur Cleveland Bent - and his yellow eyes gleamed dangerously as his hand stole to the handle of his sixshooter.
— from Thirty Years on the Frontier by Robert McReynolds - He wore a plaid cap jauntily on his yellow hair.
— from The Highflyers by Clarence Budington Kelland - The window of the lower room bloomed suddenly with a yellow light.
— from The Young Physician by Francis Brett Young
