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
Mellow Mood Friends series is another lively trio affair with Sam Jones and Bobby Durham, though the album title Mellow Mood is a bit deceptive." "The Penguin Guide to Jazz" includes the album in its selected "Core Collection". Mellow Mood Mellow Mood is an album by jazz pianist Oscar Peterson and his trio, released in 1968 (see 1968 in music). The session was recorded in Germany at the private studio of and released on the German MPS label. This album was the fifth part of Peterson's "Exclusively for My Friends" series on MPS. The series was reissued as a box set in