External drive shows yellow

I just attached a new external drive to my iMac. I set it up to replace a drive I was using for backup. I cleared off the old drive and want to use it to store/backup my photos. It shows up as a yellow icon on my desktop and the other is green with the time machine logo on it. What significance is the yellow color or is there any. I have a neighbor who has been having trouble keeping his icon on the desktop and his turns yellow before it shows green. Does that indicate a problem or am I just paranoid.
Thanks

Thank you. While I have you, my neighbor has a four year old external drive that he had backing up with time machine. The disc keeps ejecting itself. It will disappear from his desktop and he will get the message about not ejecting properly and if he unplugs and replugs in it will eventually come back. He has replaced both the power cord and and USB and it still happens. Would that indicate a problem with the drive? It is a Seagate.
Thanks again

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