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yellow |ˈyelō|adjective1 of the color between green and orange in the spectrum, a primary subtractive color complementary to blue; colored like ripe lemons or egg yolks: curly yellow hair.• offensive having a naturally yellowish or olive skin (as used to describe Chinese or Japanese people).• denoting a warning of danger that is thought to be near but not actually imminent: he put Camp Visokoon yellow alert .2 informal cowardly: he'd better get back there quick and prove he's not yellow.• archaic showing jealousy or suspicion.3 (of a book or newspaper) unscrupulously sensational.noun1 yellow color or pigment: the craft detonated in a blaze of red and yellow | painted in vivid blues and yellows.• yellow clothes or material: everyone dresses in yellow.2 the yolk of an egg.3 (yellows) any of a number of plant diseases in which the leaves turn yellow, typically caused by viruses and transmitted by insects.verb [ no obj. ]become a yellow color, esp. with age: the cream paint was beginning to yellow | (as adj. yellowing) : yellowing lace curtains | (as adj. yellowed) : a yellowed newspaper cutting.PHRASESthe yellow peril offensive the political or military threat regarded as being posed by the Chinese or by the peoples of Southeast Asia.
Où on apprend qu'en anglais, le jaune est la couleur d'un danger "proche mais pas encore imminent", mais aussi la couleur de la couardise et aussi ce qui se dit d'un écrit d'un goût douteux à tendance caniveau.
Alors qu'en français, cette jolie teinte ensoleillée est à la fois synonyme de richesse (l'or monseignoooor), de gaieté et de bonne humeur (laissez entrer le soleil) et aussi le couleur des traitres, des faussaires et des femmes adultères. Entre autres. C'est pas moi qui le dit, c'est Wikipedia.
Ce qui fait toucher du doigt toute la délicate alchimie de la perception des couleurs et met une petite claque à tous les chantres du village mondial. Surtout le jaune.
En attendant, et dans le doute, Steve, tu files te changer.
