# You Should Now Be Afraid of the Colour Yellow **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 24, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151 "2014-02-24T21:21:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151/41 "2014-03-07T15:55:39Z")
Fuck. The damn color’s in my username. **crawls into coffin** ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151/42 "2014-03-07T16:06:07Z")
My car is canary yellow. I am not afraid of it. However, once I mount the laser on it, everyone else will be. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151/43 "2014-03-07T16:33:03Z")
They’ll never see it coming! ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151/44 "2014-03-07T21:46:30Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > :mad: The OP is just a plot to distract our attention from the real threat of the Color Purple! Alice Walker is reportedly very disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151/45 "2014-03-08T01:55:52Z")
> [@Miss\_Mapp](#): > > So Robert W. Chambers was right all along? ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_King\_in\_Yellow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_in_Yellow)) [Have you seen the Yellow Sign?](http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130224004921/villains/images/5/50/The_Yellow_Sign.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151/46 "2014-03-08T21:23:25Z")
[Yello? Oh yeah!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJFdBtQt-_U) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151/47 "2014-03-08T22:46:38Z")
Having extensive experience mixing up pigments to colour match gelcoat, the paint like coating on most fiberglass products , I can tell you yellow must be everywhere even if you can’t see it. Unlike the other primary colours blue and red, just a little addition of blue or red pigment will make the yellow pigment completely unrecognizable. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151/48 "2014-03-09T00:43:20Z")
> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > Having extensive experience mixing up pigments to colour match gelcoat, the paint like coating on most fiberglass products , I can tell you yellow must be everywhere even if you can’t see it. Unlike the other primary colours blue and red, just a little addition of blue or red pigment will make the yellow pigment completely unrecognizable. Hell, working in lithography, everyone’s been exposed to yellow pigment anytime they’ve picked up a 4-color newspaper, magazine, brochure, etc. let alone printing anything from their inkjet. If it’s any yellow pigment we’re talking about, the substance may as well be water. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151/49 "2014-03-14T18:24:43Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Wait, that article says everyone is practically bathed in the stuff and you’re saying that science has pointed to this as the reason for ADHD/Aspergic/Tourette’s, fibromylagia and infertility. > > I find that to be an amazing claim. > > Sorry to be all skeptical. At the bathhouse, that’s what Roman #1 said to Roman #2, who complained about all the lead in the water, AS THEY LITERALLY BATHED IN IT! ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151/50 "2014-03-16T19:13:33Z")
Does this mean I should stop buying bananas? I am curious (yellow). ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151/51 "2014-03-16T21:19:58Z")
Wait. The Sun is a yellow star. We’re all going to die! ---
**Author:** ![Yellow\_Kazooie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecd19e/32.png) [@Yellow\_Kazooie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yellow_Kazooie)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151/52 "2014-03-16T21:22:44Z")
yea, fear me bitches ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151/53 "2014-03-17T12:51:11Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Wait. The Sun is a yellow star. > > We’re all going to die! It’s true! We ARE all going to die! > [@Yellow\_Kazooie](#): > > yea, fear me bitches Not anymore. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151/54 "2014-03-18T18:35:36Z")
Coldplay is wanted for questioning. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151/55 "2014-03-19T04:40:19Z")
Also, Donovan. ---
**Author:** ![Detroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@Detroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Detroit)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151/56 "2014-03-19T13:03:39Z")
HATE HATE HATE weird science. I stopped listening when a news anchor announced during sweeps week “Can your bra kill you? News at 11.” You have to think “If this is REALLY REALLY dangerous, why are you making me wait until 11:00 before you tell me? 😕 Shouldn’t I know right away so that I can defend myself from dangerous bras?” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151/57 "2014-03-19T14:18:19Z")
It’s what’s inside the bras that’s dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![Roodog2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@Roodog2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roodog2k)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151/58 "2014-03-19T20:00:54Z")
Thanks, more vaccines to give kids autism. > [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > I predict sales of yellow fever vaccine to go up. Invest now. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151/59 "2014-03-21T05:33:30Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Wait, that article says everyone is practically bathed in the stuff and you’re saying that science has pointed to this as the reason **Tourette’s** , fibromylagia and infertility. > > I find that to be an amazing claim. > > Sorry to be all skeptical. Bolding mine. Crap! Bitch! Motherfucker! Oy! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-now-be-afraid-of-the-colour-yellow/682151.md?page=2)