How to examine a clip in an event?

I have a clip in an event, and when I look at it in the Event Viewer it has a yellow cast (I put it there). But if I right-click and open the clip in the Timeline, there's no yellow cast, nor is there one in the regular Viewer Display.
If I import the clip into a project by dragging it from the Browser, the yellow cast is there; if I cut and paste from the Timeline, it isn't.
What's going on? Is it supposed to work like this? How can I see what's 'really' in a clip?
Martin S Taylor
(I know there's no yellow cast on the original - I can see that in the Finder. This isn't a question about 'How do I do something...?' but more 'Am I seriously misunderstanding something...?')

Martin S Taylor wrote:…
I find this confusing. …
Have you ever used a 'typing app' ... ?
Yes, actually when you're posting here.
Ever selected. a word, a sentence, a paragraph in you writing program?
Sure you did.
Selected = color, not selected = no color.
Did the selected text came out of the printer in that selection-color?
No, for sure it does not.
With the yellow box FCPX tells you, what YOU have selected.
… Don't confuse yourself…

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