The colour yellow and keris

[David]

I have a special form-fitted box for storing one of my keris, the lining of which is yellow silk. I believe this is a standard color for such boxes.
We might look towards Hindu symbolism as a source for this. Yellow is the color for Vishnu and represents knowledge and purity, so that would make a lot of sense as a color to wrap an heirloom keris in.

[Pusaka]

In China also Fu are always drawn on yellow paper, just an observation.

[David]

Originally Posted by Pusaka

In China also Fu are always drawn on yellow paper, just an observation.

Well, it's also the color of the "smiley face" , but i doubt there is any connection there…
It seems more likely to me that symbolic practices pertaining to keris would be more likely to originate with the culture that developed the keris itself.