Colours of screens and design
Websites, apps, film and anything lit from behind.
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Yellow
A primary colour between green and orange, seen in sunlight, leaves, and pigmentsBasic colour · 🇫🇷 France +5
Yellow
Tartrazine
A synthetic lemon yellow dye widely used in food, cosmetics and medicinesDye
#FFF700
Lemon
A vivid yellow named for the colour of lemon fruitNamed shade
#006B3C
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
#FFFACD
Lemon chiffon
A pale yellow web colour named after a light, airy cakeScreen colour · 🇺🇸 United States
#FFDEAD
Navajo white
A pale yellow-orange paint shade named for the Navajo Nation flag’s backgroundNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States
#EEE600
Titanium yellow
A strong yellow pigment made from titanium, nickel, and antimony oxidesPigment
#DAA520
Goldenrod
A strong yellow named for the goldenrod flowerNamed shade
Yellow
Pigment Yellow 83
A reddish-yellow diarylide pigment used in inks and plasticsPigment
Yellow
Pigment Yellow 97
A synthetic yellow pigment valued for its high fastness and stabilityPigment
Yellow
Benzimidazolone pigments
A group of strong, lightfast yellow, orange, and red synthetic pigmentsPigment
#F8DE7E
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.
- Cadmium pigments: Marco Almbauer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Goldenrod: Huw Williams ( Huwmanbeing ), Public domain, source
- Lemon chiffon: Kimberly Vardeman, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cadmium sulfide: Marco Almbauer, Public domain, source
- Tartrazine: Buli, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Benzimidazolone pigments: Hardcoreraveman, Public domain, source
- Yellow: Mark Robinson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Lemon: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, source