Exploring Rainbows - ABC
Session Four - Yellow    
​Course Objectives, Topics, Resources and Links
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Course Objective

By the end of this series of workshops, 
participants will be able to list at least five ways to use the color YELLOW to enhance their lives!

Examples
1. Sight, Sound, Touch, Taste, Fragrance
2. Art, Literature, Nature, Religion, Science
3. Daily Living - Wardrobe, Decorating, Meals
4. Using and Understanding color’s impact on moods
5. Increase awareness of marketing strategies 
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Advertising - 
Art- Several examples - 
Birds - What's your favorite? Look for it this week. 

Cartoons and Characters -
Chakras - "
Dining - Stimulates appetite and is fun and cheerful. Try Roy's or Miss Shirley's in Baltimore and Joyce assures us The Big Bad Wolf's House of BBQ has the best you can find!
Doors - Yellow Doors - in France at one time meant a traitor or criminal lived there. Now in our area they represent warmth, positivity and joy. 
Effects of Color - most visible to the eye so used for school busses, caution, energy, humor, fear and frailness
Fairy Tales - The Golden Bird, The Yellow Dwarf, The Yellow Fairy Book 
​Flags - Yellow Jack Flag - Quarantine, Yellow Flag - Maritime marking for infectious disease. ​
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Insects - Showed a variety. It's probably too early to find many right now but be sure to watch for yellow insects as summer approaches. 
Jade - Yellow Jade - one of the rarest jades. Attracts good luck and good fortune, dream stone. 
Kryptonite - Most dangerous to Kryptonians - destroys their power permanently. 

Mandalas - Two yellow value mandalas from Sheppard Pratt - one for value and one learning. Other examples as well. ​​
​Quotes - Shared several quotes featuring the word yellow or referencing fire and warmth. "Don't set yourself on fire to keep others warm>"Insects -
Mandalas - Two yellow value mandalas from Sheppard Pratt - 

Flavors- refreshing, uplifting, cheering, stimulating, rejuvenating

 
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​Quotes - Shared several quotes featuring the word yellow or referencing fire and warmth. "Don't set yourself on fire to keep others warm>" 
Religion and Spirituality - Yellow is the color of knowledge, learning, happiness and peace. Krishna, Vishnu and Ganesha often are shown in yellow. 
Songs - The Beatles Yellow Submarine, mentioned, but didn't listen to Frank Zappa's Yellow Snow or Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. 
Sports- A penalty is indicated when  referee throws a yellow flag, a yellow flag means caution in car racing and we looked at some of the ugliest uniforms ever made as many featured yellow. 
Super Heros - Solar Man, Wolverine and Yellow Jacket. Also learned that the Green Hornet is afraid of the color yellow. 
Symbolism - Symbolism of yellow is varied - from joyful, optimistic and academic wisdom to caution, jealousy, and deception.
Totems - Two examples - the lion and goldfinch
Unexpected - We learned why pencils are yellow - named for the Ko-i-noor diamond to symbolize being luxurious. 
Xamine Your Zipcode - Shared several photos of local yellow areas. 
Zen- Zen West Restaurant  ​​