Shades of yellow widely used by interior designers. Donovan's album "Mellow Yellow", named after the song Mellow Yellow, was popular during the summer of love in 1967. At right is displayed the color royal yellow. The color "royal yellow" is a representation of the color of the robes worn by the Emperor of China. The first recorded use of "royal yellow" as a color name in English was in 1548. Other names for this color are Chinese yellow and imperial yellow. The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Royal Yellow (color sample #83). Gold, also called
Shades of yellow and named after the fruit. The color "lemon" is a representation of the color of the outer skin of a lemon. The first recorded use of "lemon" as a color name in English was in 1598. Maximum yellow was a Crayola crayon color from 1926 to 1944. The color mellow yellow is displayed at right. "Mellow yellow" was first used as a color name in English in 1948 when it was formulated as one of the colors on the Plochere color list. The source of this color is the "Plochere Color System", a color system formulated in 1948 that is