YELLOW
Yellow is the colour of sunshine and is often used to depict happiness and energy in children's books. Bright yellow covers will catch a child's eye and in illustrations, yellow can make the story feel warm and exciting.
It's an attention-grabber. A pop of yellow will stand out on a crowded book shelf. Because of the joyful feel it evokes it can set a happy tone to reading a story. It can highlight too - bringing attention to important words or ideas and guiding a young reader's eyes to to key points.
And it can stimulate imagination. Its brightness energising the brain and inspiring creativity. Here are three authors who have used yellow to great effect in their children's books:
Anna Lienas: "The Colour Monster". Yellow is used to represent happiness and to help children identify different emotions.
1 comment:
'Colour' is an interesting way of looking at children's picture books & illustrations. I'm thinking of Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins, which is a happy book despite the potential peril (unless you're the fox) . Yellow is also quite dominant throughout the happy-outcome pages of Handa's Surprise by Eileen Browne,and nicely offsetting (for me and some children?) the thought of monkeys fingers scrabbling about in the basket above your head & hair.
Thanks, Sharon.
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