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Why Week: Why Does Yellow Mean Cowardly? (2018x330)
Yayınlanma tarihi: Ara 06, 2018
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The color of warning signals, smiley faces, rubber duckies and the Sun (at least from our perspective- in fact the Sun is white if viewed from space), for many of us yellow has a favorable connotation; yet, at various points throughout human history, yellow has decidedly been a symbolism of, alternately, heresy, jealousy, treachery, sin and gutlessness.
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Sources:
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160425-the-book-of-kells-medieval-europes-greatest-treasure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathar_yellow_cross
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisition
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-inquisition
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1950/whats-the-origin-of-yellow-bellied
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanbenito
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Spanish-Inquisition
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1950/whats-the-origin-of-yellow-bellied
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=yellow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_badge#Usage
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/yellow-belly.html
http://artelisaart.blogspot.com/2012/08/yellow-its-high-and-low-histroy-of.html
http://www.etymonline.com/ind
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