You can find a few different reasons for the yellow. Another common one that seems at least partially true is some of Zeng's earliest designs included a horizontal bar to represent the ... yellow river.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_River
My guess its a mix of all of them after they wanted a reason for the yellow after they cut Zeng's beloved Yellow river. lol
All the sources on the wiki really old. They will all lead to 404s without the wayback machine. All the sites have been completely remade... probably a couple of times.
You can find a few different reasons for the yellow. Another common one that seems at least partially true is some of Zeng's earliest designs included a horizontal bar to represent the ... yellow river. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_River
My guess its a mix of all of them after they wanted a reason for the yellow after they cut Zeng's beloved Yellow river. lol
https://web.archive.org/web/20090211184343/http://www.cbw.com/btm/issue71/62-63.html
All the sources on the wiki really old. They will all lead to 404s without the wayback machine. All the sites have been completely remade... probably a couple of times.