“The world is glittering with gold and yellow streamers of sunlight wind through the tree boughs like God was throwing a party!” – Christine Anderson
Patti is challenging us to pick one color and then select several photos featuring just that color. Starting with a large subject and then progress down in size by showing smaller and smaller examples.
Yellow is such a happy color that I decided to feature it. As the sun came out from behind the rain clouds it ended up casting such a lovely yellow glow on everything it touched. (This first picture was featured not too long ago in my post on Natural Light.)
“How wonderful yellow is. It stands for the sun.” – Vincent Van Gogh
Moving from the sun light outside to our house in Maine where we recently had the inside painted this soft yellow color.
“My favorite color to glaze at is yellow. It always glows just like stained glass lit up by the sun.” – James Jones
Needless to say, this 1950-51 Classic Studebaker attracts a lot of attention!
“Yellow is the perceived color of sunshine. It is associated with joy, happiness, intellect and energy.” – unknown
Since these majestic yellow lilies have been around for years, these plants have grown quite large, creating beautiful yellow colors along this sidewalk by the water.
“There is a sun, a light that for want of another word I can only call yellow, pale sulphur yellow, pale golden citron. How lovely yellow is!” – Vincent Van Gogh
The sun was shining so brightly on this yellow flower, its reflection covers part of the Paper Kite Butterfly.
“Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold.” – Aristotle
Even the smallest bits of yellow can make a bold statement when grouped together in a vase in the sunlight!
“In the world of safe hues, like black, red and white, yellow shouts: “Look at me, I’m happy!” – Joy Sewing
One last image added just for fun. This yellow orb was created from the picture above of the lilies and was edited with Adobe Photoshop software,
“You create your own decoration. You choose your color, you choose your mood…. If you are depressed, you put on some bright yellow and suddenly you are happy.” – Philippe Starck
Be sure to check out Patti’s post showing her favorite colors of aqua and reds.
Hope you enjoyed seeing these pictures and thank you for visiting my post!