The word "黄色" (huángsè), meaning "yellow", is formed through a straightforward conceptual combination of its two constituent characters. The first character, "黄" (huáng), is the core concept meaning "yellow" itself, originally derived from pictographic representations related to the color of earth or certain grains. The second character, "色" (sè), means "color" or "hue". Therefore, the compound is created by simply attaching the general category "color" to the specific shade "yellow", resulting in the precise and explicit term for the color yellow. This follows a common descriptive pattern in Chinese for defining concrete attributes.