Yellow

Yellow plays on the very expectation that it often represents the sun and is joyous, not overbearing in its function to caution us. I wanted to reconsider yellow as overbearing when it represents heat, smog, and the inability to breathe on a miserably hot day, one that maybe my ancestors didn't have the privilege of skipping. Yellow was the first series I developed while exploring my maternal family history. It was important to understand the historical and cultural uses of the color yellow.

Selected reference images and research I used for the Yellow

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Yellow was the first series I developed while exploring my maternal family history. It was important to understand the historical and cultural uses of the color yellow.

In ancient China, yellow pigments were mainly derived from minerals such as ochre and orpiment, with their use dating back to the pottery and murals of the Neolithic era. Archaeologists have discovered colored pottery at the Yangshao culture site in Henan Province, which is among the earliest evidence of the use of yellow.

https://www.lingoace.com/blog/the-color-of-emperors:-exploring-the-charm-of-yellow-in-traditional-chinese-culture-en/

As society developed, yellow gradually became

associated with power and nobility. In Chinese feudal society, yellow was designated as the exclusive color of the royal family, symbolizing supreme authority and status. According to "The Rites of Zhou," yellow represents the element "earth" in the Five Elements theory, associated with centrality, balance, and stability. Thus, yellow carries a wealth of symbolic meaning in Chinese philosophy.

Turmeric was considered a powerful repellent, with antioxidant, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory qualities. Turmeric is known for numerous health benefits, some of them being anti-septic and

anti-bacterial.

The "yellow nineties" is a term used to describe the 1890s in Great Britain and the cultural and artistic developments of the time. The Yellow Book

A controversial quarterly journal that was published from 1894–1897. The journal featured art and literature that was sexually provocative and socially dissident. The journal's name is said to come from the illicit French novels of the time, which were wrapped in yellow paper to indicate their content.