Experimental Research On The Colour Yellow Meanings In British And American Rock-Discourse
Table 2:
| Associative definitions | Metaphoric associations | ||
| “the sun”/“(sun)light” | 27% | emotions (“happiness”, “positivity”, “fun”, “negativity”, and others) | 20% |
| food (“banana”, “lemon”, “honey”, and others) | 22% | “warmth” | 5% |
| wildlife (“giraffe”, “bee”, “duck”) | 5% | seasons (“summer”, “autumn”) | 4,3% |
| vegetation (“chamomile”, “sunflowers”, “tulip”) | 2% | “energy”/“life” | 3% |
| “submarine” | 1% | “attention”/“warning” | 3% |
| “traffic signal” | 1% | “divinity” | 3% |
| “cab” | 0,7% | “ripe” | 3% |
| 58,7% | 41,3% | ||