The answer is >! yellow. Solid round the number 1, >! The #1 billiard ball is a solid yellow, and "solid" is a term from billiards. A motley few, this road, walked on, >! An assortment of characters travelled the Yellow Brick Road in the Wizard of Oz (Thanks [Tom](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/19547/tom)) Yes I'm a coward now be gone, >! "Yellow-belly" is a synonym of "coward". Made of two but I am one! >! Yellow light is composed of red and green (Thanks [trentcl](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/15727/trentcl)) Submersing ship with unhinged crew, >! A submarine is a "submersing ship" and the paradigm submarine is yellow (think the Beatles' album Yellow Submarine). Twixt 'Of' and 'Gave' another clue, >! "Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain" is a mnemonic used to remember to names of colors in the visible spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. "York" (yellow) comes between "Of" and "Gave" (Thanks [Tom](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/19547/tom)) Never in a shade of blue, >! A literal reading: yellow is never blue. I warn of danger, please don't sue! >! Yellow often symbolizes danger (think traffic lights or yield signs).