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
The Yellow Rose (song) Lee his fourth. "The Yellow Rose" is set to the same melody as the traditional American folk song "The Yellow Rose of Texas," but with newly-written lyrics by Johnny Lee, Lane Brody and John Wilder. The song was used for the theme song to the NBC television series "The Yellow Rose", starring Cybill Shepherd. While the television show used only the song's first verse and chorus, the commercial single version included a second verse not heard on the program, with Lee's "Say When" on the B-side. Brody and Lee would later chart a second duet, "I Could Get Used to