Revisiting this Mellow Lamborghini Gallardo image.
Mellow, as in ‘Mellow Yellow’ – Donovan’s 1967 hit song & album. And mellow as in the striking but rarely chosen car color.
The unforgettable lyrics “they call me mellow yellow – -quite rightly” were subject to hot speculation down the years. ‘Firstly’ was it about smoking dried banana skins – the debunked theory that they had psychedelic properties? And then the electrical banana – slang then for a dildo.
End of the day – author just meant ‘mellow yellow’ to be ‘super cool’.
Yellow in many cultures has become associated with ‘men at work’ – warning signs and tools of the job. It is an incredible positive color for a car, but seemingly automakers and buyers find its connotations a bit hot to handle