Yellow is, as any Inside Out viewer knows, associated with joy, as well as energy and vibrancy. As the video points out, these are all excellent traits for cartoon characters.

In an office building on the waterfront in Jersey City, N.J., a yellow cartoon figure roughly the shape of a bowling pin — that’s you! — appears on a customer service agent’s computer screen.

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 ...

The Actual Reason So Many Popular Cartoon Characters Are Yellow. It's science! By Matt Miller Published: Apr 24, 2017 10:32 AM EDT.

The cartoon characters called Minions, sufficiently popular to anchor two ostensibly discrete animated film franchises, are diminutive capsule-shaped yellow yammerers outfitted in goggles and ...

This is why so many cartoon characters are yellow Why do Spongebob Squarepants, The Simpsons, the Minions from the Despicable Me franchise share the same colour? Comments. News.

One of the first shows to introduce an entirely yellow cast was The Simpsons, and their colour was chosen to differentiate them from all the normal-coloured cartoon characters on TV: when you’re ...