Colours of painting and art
On the palette: oils, watercolour, fresco, miniature and mural.
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Yellow
A primary colour between green and orange, seen in sunlight, leaves, and pigmentsBasic colour 路 馃嚝馃嚪 France +5
Yellow
Orpiment
A golden-yellow mineral pigment once prized for its brilliant colour and rarityPigment 路 馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt +5
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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 路 馃嚢馃嚟 Cambodia +5
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Indian Yellow
A clear, glowing orange-yellow pigment once made in India from cow urinePigment 路 馃嚠馃嚦 India
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Naples yellow
A historic synthetic yellow pigment once prized by painters and pottersPigment 路 馃嚜馃嚞 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
Yellow
Cadmium sulfide
A bright yellow pigment and semiconductor compound made from cadmium and sulfurPigment
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 路 馃嚭馃嚫 United States +3
Yellow
Strontium chromate
A yellow pigment and corrosion inhibitor made from strontium and chromium compoundsPigment
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Maize
A yellow named for the colour of maize grains, ranging from pale to goldenNamed shade 路 馃嚭馃嚫 United States +1
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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Arylide yellow
A family of semi-transparent yellow pigments used in art and industryPigment 路 馃嚛馃嚜 Germany +1
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Stil de grain yellow
A yellow pigment made from buckthorn berries, once known as 'pink' or 'sap green'Pigment 路 馃嚝馃嚪 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 路 馃嚠馃嚬 Italy
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Titanium yellow
A strong yellow pigment made from titanium, nickel, and antimony oxidesPigment
Yellow
Pigment Yellow 154
A synthetic yellow pigment valued for its high light and weather resistancePigment
Yellow
Pigment Yellow 74
A yellow-green azo pigment used in inks, paints, and tattoo coloursPigment 路 馃嚠馃嚬 Italy
Yellow
Attic ochre
A prized bright yellow ochre once mined near Athens for art and fine decorationPigment 路 馃嚞馃嚪 Greece
Yellow
Golden ochre
A warm yellow pigment rich in iron, prized since ancient times for its pure colourPigment 路 馃嚞馃嚪 Greece +2
Yellow
Pigment Yellow 97
A synthetic yellow pigment valued for its high fastness and stabilityPigment
Yellow
Lead ochrebleiocker
A group of yellow, orange and red lead-based pigments resembling ochrePigment
Yellow
Benzimidazolone pigments
A group of strong, lightfast yellow, orange, and red synthetic pigmentsPigment
Yellow
Pigment Yellow 16
A synthetic yellow pigment used in paints and printing inksPigment
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Dandelion
A yellow crayon colour named after the dandelion flowerNamed shade
Yellow
Safflower
A thistle-like plant whose petals yield red and yellow dyesColour named from nature 路 馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt +4
Yellow
Lutein
A yellow-orange plant pigment used in food and supplementsPigment 路 馃嚭馃嚫 United States +2
Yellow
Dyer's greenweed
A yellow dye plant with golden flowers, found across Europe and TurkeyColour named from nature 路 馃嚬馃嚪 Turkey
Yellow
Weld
A plant once prized for its bright yellow dyeDye 路 馃嚝馃嚪 France +3
Yellow
4-Nitroaniline
A yellow chemical used to make dyes and other industrial productsPigment
Yellow
Wolf lichen yellow
A bright yellow-green dye and poison from a shrubby lichen of western North AmericaColour named from nature
Yellow
Bisdemethoxycurcumin
A yellow pigment and curcuminoid found in turmeric rootPigment
Yellow
Gamboge (from Garcinia cambogioides)
A yellow resin from the Garcinia cambogioides tree, used in food, paint and medicineColour named from nature 路 馃嚠馃嚦 India +2
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Lemon glacier
A fluorescent yellow-green shade released by Crayola in 2009Named shade
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Mellow yellow
A soft yellow first listed in the Plochere colour system in 1948Named shade
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
- Maize: en:User:Pratheepps, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Cream: Aleksey Pogrebnoj-Alexandroff, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gamboge: Ma拧a Sinreih in Valentina Vivod, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Safflower: AndrewMT, 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
- Lead-tin yellow: Rembrandt, Public domain, source
- Pigment Yellow 154: Hardcoreraveman, Public domain, source
- Golden ochre: Marco Almbauer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Attic ochre: ArchaiOptix, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lead ochre: Hubertus Giefers, Public domain, source
- Benzimidazolone pigments: 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
- Chrome yellow: FK1954, CC0, source
- Lutein: Jynto ( talk ), CC0, source
- Dyer's greenweed: gailhampshire, CC BY 2.0, source
- Gamboge (from Garcinia cambogioides): Franz Eugen K枚hler, K枚hler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain, source
- Weld: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0 at, source
- 4-Nitroaniline: David Rouzek, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wolf lichen yellow: Jason Hollinger, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bisdemethoxycurcumin: DMacks ( talk ), Public domain, source