flower is a part of a plant & the colors of parts of an organism are inherited characteristics & a plant is a kind of organism ->  the color of plants' flowers is a kind of inherited characteristic  the color of plants' flowers is a kind of inherited characteristic & inheriting is when an inherited characteristic is passed down from parent to offspring by genetics / dna ->  plants offspring can inherit the flower color from their parents  plants offspring can inherit the flower color from their parents & yellow is a kind of color & the plant offspring has yellow flowers -> the parents of the plant are likely to have yellow flowers