Why is lightning portrayed as yellow?

[Chasavaqe]

In real life, its colors range anywhere from blue to pink.

What is the source of it being portrayed as yellow? I'm looking at you especially, Pokemon.

[Tradewind]

Because cartoons aren't real.

[lockedout]

Because cartoons aren't real.

You savage, keep your conspiracy theories to yourself!

[stumpy]

Because lightning is God pissing on you.

[Chasavaqe]

Because cartoons aren't real.

Well I know that, but who started it being portrayed as yellow? You don't see cartoons making water orange or fire green. Why the change to lightning?

[Ophill]

It probably has something to do with Zeus and his lightning bolt.

[Deleted]

Think it's because Light is the most important energy for us and the brightest. And Electricity is Power Energy.

[Eroginous]

Because lightning is God pissing on you.

You savage, keep your conspiracy theories to yourself!

[Violent]

It's not a generalized rule to portray lightening as yellow, so with that said.. There is no possible way to answer your question. In fact I would venture to say you are asking yourself the wrong question.

The question you should ask yourself is.. Why does yellow lightening anger you?

[Warpaladin]

People also portray the sun as yellow, but that's a common misconception because of atmospheric scattering :P

[poser765]

I don't know...lightning is light. I've think most people pretty much color "light" as yellow. As alluded earlier probably because the sun is seen as yellow.

[Chasavaqe]

It's not a generalized rule to portray lightening as yellow, so with that said.. There is no possible way to answer your question. In fact I would venture to say you are asking yourself the wrong question.

The question you should ask yourself is.. Why does yellow lightening anger you?

It just ticks me off so much!!!!! Nah just kidding. I was just wondering because it just doesn't seem to make sense. I remember back to high school class I was doing a project involving me drawing a thunderstorm (for a Spanish class), and I drew the lightning with a light blue marker. People were asking me why it was blue instead of yellow, the apparent correct color of lightning. I just don't understand.

[Warpaladin]

I don't know...lightning is light. I've think most people pretty much color "light" as yellow. As alluded earlier probably because the sun is seen as yellow.

Bingo, great answer

[Symphonic]

It depends on what white balance you've used in the photograph, really.

[Buu]

In real life, its colors range anywhere from blue to pink.

What is the source of it being portrayed as yellow? I'm looking at you especially, Pokemon.

Because it's the color they adopted in types table?

Usually the color of the effect matches the type of the skill.

[Forgettable]

I would guess because based on all of the lightning I've seen, it's typically white. But in cartoons white isn't always visible due to there being white backgrounds sometimes, so they went with yellow instead?

[Deleted]

Because at some point in time a caveman tried to paint a lightning strike he saw earlier. Unfortunately white petals are hard to come by so he could not make a white color, he had to make due with what he had, a yellow rose petal. And that children is how lightning started to be portrayed as yellow.

[Arcanimus]

The question you should ask yourself is.. Why does yellow lightening anger you?

Why does yellow lightening anger you?

lightening

Yellow lightning is fine. Lightening, however, is not.

[mvaliz]

Lightning = Energy (dangerous) and Light (visual)

Now, artistically speaking...

Red = Heat/danger
Yellow = Light

Orange = Red + yellow

That's about the size of it really...

Also consider it's Pokemon. Other sources of electricity displayed (Warcraft, Mortal Kombat, ect) Display it as blue/white.

[MrExcelion]

In real life, its colors range anywhere from blue to pink.

What is the source of it being portrayed as yellow? I'm looking at you especially, Pokemon.

The actual lightning from the sky in episode 1 is blue actually. Yeah I'm a nerd for remembering that