Yellow color symbolizes sun, light, energy, health, warmth and joy. In chromo therapy, it is considered a very positive and beneficial color, but also the one you should not use in great amounts; for example, if you are painting and decorating a room.
Too much of energetic yellow color could make you feel upset and anxious.
There are claims that babies are generally more sensitive and irritable if their room is painted in yellow.
Yellow attracts attention, yellow gives energy and yellow could really be really annoying. Yellow and black are a common combination to draw attention. That is why signs of warning are commonly painted in these two colors.
Yellow color is also present in heraldry and it represents honor and loyalty on flags and coats of arms.
However, yellow is also sometimes considered a symbol of cowardice and jealousy. Yellow color always stands out, so it is a common choice for advertisements and product packaging.
Many sources of food are yellow. We eat yellow grains, vegetables, fruits, plants; therefore, yellow stands for healthy and gifts of nature.
Speaking of nature, yellow represents one of the colors of the fall, the harvest and the sun. Yellow is the color with which we represent fire, along with red and orange. It symbolizes warmth, life and good health.
Gold is also associated with yellow color. When people try artistically and in stylized form to represent something golden, they are likely to use some yellow paint.
Thus, yellow could symbolize richness, but it is not that common association.
Secret meanings of yellow also depend on particular shade. For example, bright, pale yellow symbolizes youth, optimism and joy, while dusty yellow could be associated with illness, jealousy and caution.
Dreaming in yellow
Yellow color is more or less present motif in dreams. While it is not that likely you would dream about yellow as an abstract idea or even about yellow paint, you are likely to have dreams about yellow objects.
In dreams, yellow means different things, depending, of course, on what is painted yellow or if an object is naturally yellow.
The most common interpretation is that yellow color in dreams stands for jealousy and something eye-catching.
Dreams about yellow flowers
Yellow flowers represent joy and happiness, so dreaming about picking yellow meadow flowers or receiving a bouquet made of yellow flowers are good omens. It means you will experience something good very soon.
It could also mean you are about to start fresh and see some new opportunities in life.
However, yellow flowers are not always a good sign.
Yellow roses are usually considered a symbol of jealous. If you see yellow roses in your dream, it means either you are jealous of someone or there are people jealous of you.
If you are buying or giving yellow roses, it reflects your unease and envy and if someone gives you yellow roses, he or she has ill intentions towards you.
Dreams about yellow clothes
Dreams about yellow clothes could mean opposite things. If you are buying and wearing yellow clothes it means you are not afraid to stand up for your cause or that you enjoy being the center of attention.
Maybe you feel as if you are in others’ shadow and you want to be seen and taken for serious.
On the opposite side, it means you will definitely not be taken for serious and others would most probably laugh at you and your ideas.
Bright yellow suit is usually an object of laugh, so if you dream about wearing it, it most likely means you will be laughed off.
On the other side, a bright yellow dress could be a positive sign for ladies.
If you are a woman and you dream about wearing a yellow dress, it means you will definitely be in the spotlight and you will enjoy attention you draw.
Dreams about yellow food
Dreams about yellow food are good. Yellow is the color of many delicious and nutritive natural sources of food, such as bananas, corn, sweet yellow apples, pears, potatoes and many more.
Dreams about eating yellow food mean you will be of a good health and you will have a lot of energy.
Yellow food in dreams symbolizes strength, abundance and well-being.
Dreams about yellow skin
Dreams about yellow skin are not that good. These dreams imply something is wrong with your health, if you have yellow skin in your dream, or with somebody else’s health, if their skin is yellow.
Dreams about having yellow skin commonly occurs in people who neglect their essential needs, because they work too much or constantly worry, or a mix of both.
This dream reminds you to get some rest, recharge and take care of your physical self. On the other hand, yellow skin does not have to do with your physical, but with your mental state.
This dream could mean you are not feeling good about yourself.
You feel as if you could never fit in and you feel overly exposed and emotionally vulnerable. You take seriously and personally everything others say and it makes you paranoid and looking ridiculous.
Dreams about painting in yellow
If you paint objects or walls in yellow in your dream, it means you will let go of your worries and surrender to joys of life. This is a positive dream and it suggests better days are coming.
This dream also reflects your own determination to change things for better. You have decided to stop feeling sorry for yourself over things you have not done or those you have missed out and you are ready to start all over.
You want to attract happy events, by turning yourself towards good things in life, because you now realize they exist.
Yellow paint represents good company, having fun and enjoying life.
Painting things in yellow in a dream means new beginnings, new opportunities and positive thinking.
You are done with dark thoughts and you do not want them to paint your world in black ever again.