Yellow
Yellow is commonly used for a noticeable increase in contrast with black and white films.
Green
Green 58 filter is ideal for scenes where it is important to differentiate the green tonal values in black and white photography.
That bowl of apples you want to shoot by window light with black and white film will take on more snap when you use a green filter. The contrast boost this filter offers will darken the red values of the apples while lightening the green table cloth they are resting as well as the green paint on the wall.