Why are so many cartoon characters yellow?

The author discuss how changing the color system changes the complementary colors. In the RYB system yellow’s complement is purple. In RGB the compliment is blue. And then discusses how complements look best paired together.

I call BS. Beauty is in our perception of color, independent of how it is generated or the coordinate system used.

FFE4E1 by any other name* would look as sweet

[ie. 0.6,100,100; MistyRose ]