Multiple choice

Which cluster has all the words that belong to the headword ‘yellow’?

  1. Cold, brave, chicken, rumour, scandalous

  2. Old, biased, spineless, cold, honesty

  3. Bile, confident, strong, prejudiced, warm

  4. Riches, gold, illness, young, warm

  5. Warm, sickness, jealousy, betrayal, cowardice
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Explanation

All of these words are associated with yellow. Yellow is a warm colour. It is also associated with sun and positivity. Interestingly, a number of negative connotations to do with ageing, sickness, betrayal and jealousy are also associated with this colour. Judas is almost always portrayed wearing a yellow cloak. Yellow belly is a slang term used to refer to cowardice. Formerly jealousy was associated with yellow but now that symbolism has transferred to green.

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