The Color Lemon Yellow

Bright lemon yellow...where should I start? Well I really did not appreciate this bright lemon yellow until I started college last year because I had so many other favorite colors. For a car, I would definitely prefer black, silver or gray. For my room or for anything I own, I would choose blue, red, or black in order to make the room look more enclosed. Here are some of the things that made Bright Lemon Yellow my favorite color.

The color yellow involves both long and medium wavelengths when reflected against light. As we all know, the blue bottle is not truly a blue bottle, but rather what our eyes perceive. Yellow across the globe can mean many different things. In Italy, it is a crime story, fictional or not, and in Asia, a pornographic film is often referred to a "yellow film". The only reason I can find to dislike this color is that in the Thai Calendar, its translation is "Monday" and Mondays never work out well.

Yellow is not only biological, political and mythical, but is also a main color in sports. For example, yellow is used as a cautionary sign in the world of racing, and it is used as a warning to a soccer player who has committed a foul during the game. It is also used in Rugby, and football, with a yellow flag signifying a penalty.

Back in the day, which was a Wednesday (fun fact for you); I would never have chosen a car that was yellow. Now, when I chill with Kent, in his Bright Lemon yellow "Tibby" vehicle, I like the idea a lot more. The more I opened up my mind to this concept, the more I researched the endless options for customization for a yellow vehicle. The overall classiness of the design of a yellow car with black windows and black wheels is superior to a normal Mercedes. This intrigued me into thinking about other aspects in my life that included the color yellow.

I first thought of the profound effect that the Yellow Pages have had on my life. The pages are really yellow! The Yellow Pages lists phone numbers, addresses, and names of businesses. On Wednesday (back in the day), I used the yellow pages, and the white pages, to prank call people randomly and tell them they had won a significant amount of money, which of course was a lie.

Moving on throughout my life, I realized that the sun was also yellow. And I loved the facts that the sun causes a nice tan, but overexposure causes sun burn, which in turn causes sun poisoning (as seen on Kent Keller). At one point in time, I believed that the sun (which is yellow) made vampires disappear, which in turn made me feel very safe in daylight.

Not only does the word "yellow" send chills down my spine, it reminds me of urine. Yes, urine is very, very yellow, especially if you are dehydrated, or just plain don't drink right. It is not necessary to combine a terrific word, such as "bright" or "lemon" to this color of yellow. Yes it is true that yellow is one of the most visible colors in the color spectrum and is the same color as a juicy, bitter lemon, but putting lemon as a word coming before it is extremely wrong in my opinion.

Colors that appealed to me in the beginning stages of my life include red, blue, and black. By no means was I a gothic piece , but rather a classy gentleman who knew how to dress quite well. Yellow was slowing but surely becoming my favorite color never the less and it was bothering me quite a bit.

After a quest to my local psychic, I was told that I was a tool in the past life, specifically, a Dewalt screwdriver-which was yellow. After an epiphany that I had at a Home Depot store involving a Dewalt screwdriver impaling my right arm, I began to expand my thoughts on the color yellow. Going back in time, I realized that I peed my pants multiple times as a child. Could this be a sign? Looking at a shorter distance, I realized that my parents had owned a yellow Corvette...how ironic. As soon as I put these memories together, I realized that my life consisted of yellow, is now turning into the suspense horror movie of the Number 23, and was freaking me out. After making that connection, I started to look for items that I owned that are yellow, or colors deriving from yellow, such as pink, light blue, or even the worst color in the spectrum-green. My car has a yellow sticker on the inside, my fraternity color is gold, a darker shade of yellow, and my Tostitos bag that is right next to me is yellow.

Enough of the over-thinking of this ridiculous color, I will explain in great depth what happened to a man whose favorite color was yellow. His name was Johnny, and his obsession with this color got him killed one day. He was driving on I-44 in his Bright Lemon Yellow Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Roadster, and he was talking on his yellow Blackberry. After a stop to eat at the local Waffle House (yellow sign), and with some good waffles in his stomach (also yellow), he drive to see his girlfriend, who lived in a dormitory on Missouri States' campus. On his way to the campus, he saw a bright yellow sign which read "Win money while eating pizza". Out of curiosity and respect for the sign, he stopped and was excited to see what his luck had to bring on that day. When he stopped, a man in a blue suit stole his $250,000 dollar car and he was out of luck.

He proceeded to call the police, file a report, and after the ordeal, he proceeded to the place where he could win money. As soon as he stepped foot in the door of this shady building, he noticed a man in a question mark suit, half yellow and half black, known as Matthew Lesko. After hearing the rules and regulations to the game, and liking what he had heard, he proceeded to eat as much pizza as humanly possible. If he ate five large pizzas he could win a very big reward. After eating five large pizzas in the course of an hour and a half, he had to pay a visit to the bathroom. Soon afterwards, he was met by Matthew and was rewarded with a car of great value-his Lamborghini. Not knowing Matthew was the mob boss, Johnny pulled out a gun to give him the promised prize. After he drew, Matthew and his gang pulled out AK-47's and Thompson machine guns, and shot Johnny to death. It was said that he bled yellow blood. To this day, his story remains a legend.

The only reason that I would say that Bright Lemon Yellow is my favorite color is because of my past experiences and the legend of Johnny and his Lamborghini. Take away the awkward urine and the caution flag in sports and yellow isn't a bad color. I like the way this color looks on cars (if you match it up just right), and the way it makes the eye say "What the hell is that", which is why taxi cabs have that on their vehicles. Thanks to Johnny and my childhood experiences, I have now overcome my phobia of this color, and have accepted it as my favorite color.