Scientifically, in the RGB palette, yellow’s complementary color is blue, which makes it stand out nicely against that popular choice for outdoor cartoon backgrounds: the sky.

Minions are yellow because the animators thought their shape resembled Kinder eggs. Winnie the Pooh was based on a World War 1 veterans real pet bear and author A.A. Milne based Pooh’s look on ...

In RGB terms, the complementary colour for yellow is blue – meaning these colours make each other stand out – and since backgrounds are commonly blue skies or seas, yellow is an eye-catching ...

A background illustration by Paul Julian for The Tell Tale Heart, a cartoon adaptation of the classic short story written by Edgar Allen Poe (UPA, 1953). Photo: Heritage Auctions ...

In RGB terms the complementary colour for yellow is blue – these colours make each other stand out – and since backgrounds are commonly blue skies or seas, yellow is an eye-catching choice for ...

From Spongebob to Tweety, yellow is the color of some of the most famous cartoon characters. And there's a reason this color is so popular, as YouTube user ChannelFrederator outlines in a new ...

Color complements are just one part of the yellow character trend; the color yellow holds a lot of significant connotations, too. It’s often associated with feelings of happiness, playfulness ...