All colours
698 colours written up so far, best known first, and 1,292 named values in the swatch book. 90 more are on the list to be written.
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Yellow
A primary colour between green and orange, seen in sunlight, leaves, and pigmentsBasic colour · 🇫🇷 France +5
Yellow
Turmeric
A golden yellow dye and spice from the rhizome of a tropical plantColour named from nature · 🇮🇳 India +5
Yellow
Orpiment
A golden-yellow mineral pigment once prized for its brilliant colour and rarityPigment · 🇪🇬 Egypt +5
Yellow
Tartrazine
A synthetic lemon yellow dye widely used in food, cosmetics and medicinesDye
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Cream
A soft yellow-white named after the top layer of milkNamed shade
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Gamboge
A strong yellow pigment tapped from Southeast Asian treesPigment · 🇰🇭 Cambodia +5
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Ecru
A pale, greyish yellow once named for unbleached linenNamed shade
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Indian Yellow
A clear, glowing orange-yellow pigment once made in India from cow urinePigment · 🇮🇳 India
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Lemon
A vivid yellow named for the colour of lemon fruitNamed shade
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Naples yellow
A historic synthetic yellow pigment once prized by painters and pottersPigment · 🇪🇬 Egypt +1
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Chrome yellow
A bright yellow pigment made from lead chromate, once popular in art and industryPigment
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Cadmium pigments
A family of strong yellow, orange, red and green pigments made from cadmium compoundsPigment
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Isabelline
A pale grey-yellow or fawn colour seen in animal coats and old fashionNamed shade
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School bus yellow
A yellow made for North American school buses to stand out and be seenNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States +2
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Old gold
A deep, dark yellow seen in sport, politics and traditionNamed shade · 🇬🇪 Georgia
Yellow
Imperial yellow jacket黃馬褂
A yellow riding jacket marking the highest honour in Qing dynasty ChinaTraditional colour · 🇨🇳 China
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Blond hair
A human hair colour ranging from pale yellow to golden or reddish tonesColour named from nature · 🇫🇷 France +4
Yellow
Cadmium sulfide
A bright yellow pigment and semiconductor compound made from cadmium and sulfurPigment
Yellow
Palomino
A golden-coated horse with a pale mane and tail, prized for its striking lookNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States
Yellow
Urobilin
The yellow pigment that gives urine its colourPigment
Yellow
Calcium chromate
A bright yellow, highly toxic pigment and industrial chemicalPigment
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Buff
A pale brownish yellow named for the colour of natural leatherNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States +3
Yellow
Strontium chromate
A yellow pigment and corrosion inhibitor made from strontium and chromium compoundsPigment
Yellow
Anthoxanthin
A group of plant pigments ranging from white to yellow, used in foods and dyesPigment
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Maize
A yellow named for the colour of maize grains, ranging from pale to goldenNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States +1
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Mustard
A muted yellow shade named after the condimentNamed shade
Yellow
Chrysothrix chlorina
A yellow to yellow-green powdery lichen used as a dye in India and SwedenColour named from nature · 🇸🇪 Sweden +5
Yellow
Bismuth vanadate
A strong yellow pigment made from bismuth and vanadium oxidesPigment
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Aureolin
A transparent yellow pigment made from potassium cobaltinitritePigment
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Selective yellow
A yellow defined for car headlamps and fog lamps to cut glare in bad weatherNamed shade · 🇫🇷 France +2
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Straw
A pale yellow shade named after dried stalks of grainNamed shade
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Jasmine
A pale yellow shade named after the jasmine flowerNamed shade · 🇹🇳 Tunisia
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Vanilla
A pale yellow tint named after the colour of vanilla beans and ice creamNamed shade
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Arylide yellow
A family of semi-transparent yellow pigments used in art and industryPigment · 🇩🇪 Germany +1
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Lemon chiffon
A pale yellow web colour named after a light, airy cakeScreen colour · 🇺🇸 United States
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Stil de grain yellow
A yellow pigment made from buckthorn berries, once known as 'pink' or 'sap green'Pigment · 🇫🇷 France +2
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Champagne
A very pale yellow-orange named after the sparkling wineNamed shade
Yellow
Lead-tin yellow
A strong yellow pigment once favoured by Renaissance and Baroque paintersPigment · 🇮🇹 Italy
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Citrine
A golden yellow colour named after the citron fruit and seen in quartz gemstonesNamed shade
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Navajo white
A pale yellow-orange paint shade named for the Navajo Nation flag’s backgroundNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States
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Titanium yellow
A strong yellow pigment made from titanium, nickel, and antimony oxidesPigment
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Pigment Yellow 13
A synthetic yellow pigment from the diarylide family used in printing inksPigment
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Naphthomycin A
A yellow pigment isolated from Streptomyces collinusPigment
Yellow
Chrysophenine
A golden-yellow direct dye for textiles and biological stainsDye
Yellow
Pigment Yellow 154
A synthetic yellow pigment valued for its high light and weather resistancePigment
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Goldenrod
A strong yellow named for the goldenrod flowerNamed shade
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Magnolia
A soft cream shade named for the magnolia flower, common in British interiorsNamed shade · 🇦🇺 Australia +1
Yellow
Pigment Yellow 74
A yellow-green azo pigment used in inks, paints, and tattoo coloursPigment · 🇮🇹 Italy
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Buff: Johan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cadmium pigments: Marco Almbauer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Citrine: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Maize: en:User:Pratheepps, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Cream: Aleksey Pogrebnoj-Alexandroff, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gamboge: Maša Sinreih in Valentina Vivod, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Goldenrod: Huw Williams ( Huwmanbeing ), Public domain, source
- Jasmine: Magialuna, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lemon chiffon: Kimberly Vardeman, CC BY 2.0, source
- Magnolia: Magnolia_Watsoni.JPG : WibblyWibby derivative work: Wikiklaas ( talk ), Public domain, source
- Mustard: Jamie, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Selective yellow: Scheinwerfermann at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Straw: Jan Ulrich, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Blond hair: Titus Tscharntke, Public domain, source
- Vanilla: Everglades National Park, Public domain, source
- Chrysothrix chlorina: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, source
- Turmeric: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, source
- Champagne: Jon Sullivan/PDPhoto.org, Public domain, source
- Strontium chromate: Quatrostein, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cadmium sulfide: Marco Almbauer, Public domain, source
- Orpiment: Ra'ike, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Anthoxanthin: Coyau, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tartrazine: Buli, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Palomino: (a friend of) Kvetina-Marie, CC BY 2.0, source
- Lead-tin yellow: Rembrandt, Public domain, source
- Pigment Yellow 154: Hardcoreraveman, Public domain, source
- Naples yellow: Matthias Stom, Public domain, source
- Indian Yellow: Shisha-Tom, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Yellow: Mark Robinson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Ecru: Xabier Cid, Public domain, source
- Chrome yellow: FK1954, CC0, source
- School bus yellow: BMRR ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Isabelline: José Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY 2.5, source
- Lemon: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, source