I've just got the extra confirmation I needed regarding myself and some others seeing it as yellow- it is indeed yellow.
From Bob King:
Keep an eye on the nova’s color. Right now it’s still in its explosive fireball phase and appears yellow through a telescope. That could change over the coming weeks as it either brightens or fades. Some novae turn a lovely pink."
- See more at:
http://astrobob.areavoices.com/#sthash.kfpzGaLl.dpuf
WOW PINK! I sure would love to see that!
And it seems this nova has just gone down as being the amongst the top
35 brightest nova in history!
If anyone wants to do any magnitude estimates on it, in his link given above, Bob has done some easy to use maps with plotted stars.