Sunday, July 03, 2011

THE YELLOW PAGES ... Digamma

Yellow is sunshine. 

It is a warm color that, like red, has conflicting symbolism. On the one hand it denotes happiness and joy but on the other hand yellow is the color of cowardice and deceit. 



A colorfast yellow dye produced from saffron, the dried stamen of an oriental or Mediterranean crocus, was imported into Europe and was very expensive and only used to dye the cloths of the wealthy

The Greek alphabet is a set of twenty-four letters that has been used to write the Greek language since the 8th century BC.  



Digamma disappeared from the alphabet because the sound it notated, the voiced labial-velar approximant, had disappeared from the Ionic dialect and most of the others. It remained in use as a numeric sign denoting the number six.

Digamma - Greek Letter corresponding to 6

Image:   Yellow Hibiscus Urunga 2011

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