Shades of yellow

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Main article: Yellow
Rapeseed field in Germany (The rapeseed plant is used to make Canola oil.)
Yellow
Color icon yellow.png
 — Spectral coordinates —
Wavelength 570–580 nm
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FFFF00
sRGBB (r, g, b) (255, 255, 0)
Source HTML/CSS[1]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

This article is a catalog of notable tints and shades of the color Yellow.

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[edit] Tints of yellow

[edit] Light yellow

Light Yellow
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FFFFED
RGBB (r, g, b) (255, 255, 224)
HSV (h, s, v) (60°, 7%, 100[2]%)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the web color light yellow.


[edit] Cream

Cream
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FFFFCC
RGBB (r, g, b) (255, 255, 204)
HSV (h, s, v) (60°, 20%, 100[3]%)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the web color cream, a pale tint of yellow.


[edit] Lemon chiffon

Main article: Lemon chiffon
Lemon Chiffon
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FFFACD
RGBB (r, g, b) (255, 250, 205)
HSV (h, s, v) (54°, 20%, 100%)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the web color lemon chiffon

Lemon chiffon is a color that is reminiscent of the color of lemon chiffon cake.


[edit] Computer web color yellow

[edit] Yellow (RGB) (X11 yellow) (color wheel yellow) (electric yellow)

Yellow
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FFFF00
sRGBB (r, g, b) (255, 255, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (60°, 100%, 100%)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Red, green and blue lights, representing the three basic additive primary colors of the RGB color system, red, green, and blue. Pure yellow light is composed of equal amount of red and green light.

The color box at right shows the most intense yellow representable in 8-bit RGB color model; yellow is a secondary color in an additive RGB space.

This color is also called color wheel yellow. It is at precisely 60 degrees on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel (Image of RGB color wheel:). Its complementary color is blue.

This color is called electric yellow when it is contrasted to the color process yellow, shown below.

[edit] Additional definitions of yellow

[edit] Yellow (CMYK) (process yellow) (canary yellow)

Process Yellow
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FFEF00
RGBB (r, g, b) (255, 239, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (56°, 100%, 100%)
Source [1] CMYK
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Cyan, magenta, and yellow are the three subtractive primary colors used in printing.

Process yellow (also called pigment yellow or printer's yellow), also known as canary yellow, is one of the three colors typically used as subtractive primary colors, along with magenta and cyan.

Process yellow is not an RGB color, and in the CMYK color model there is no fixed conversion from CMYK primaries to RGB. Different formulations are used for printer's ink, so there can be variations in the printed color that is pure yellow ink.

The first recorded use of canary yellow as a color name in English was in 1789.[4]

[edit] Yellow (NCS) (psychological primary yellow)

Yellow (NCS)
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FFD300
sRGBB (r, g, b) (255, 211, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (50°, 100%, 100[5]%)
Source sRGB approximation to NCS 0580-Y[6]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Approximations within the sRGB gamut to the primary colors of the Natural Color System, a model based on the opponent process theory of color vision.

The color defined as yellow in the NCS or Natural Color System is shown at right (NCS 0580-Y). The Natural Color System is a color system based on the four unique hues or psychological primary colors red, yellow, green, and blue. The NCS is based on the opponent process theory of vision.

The “Natural Color System” is widely used in Scandinavia.

[edit] Yellow (Munsell)

Yellow (Munsell)
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #EFCC00
RGBB (r, g, b) (239, 204, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (51°, 100%, 93[7]%)
Source Munsell Color Wheel
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
The hues of the Munsell color system, at varying values, and maximum chroma to stay in the sRGB gamut.

The color defined as yellow in the Munsell color system (Munsell 5Y) is shown at right. The Munsell color system is a color space that specifies colors based on three color dimensions: hue, value (lightness), and chroma (color purity), spaced uniformly in three dimensions in the elongated oval at an angle shaped Munsell color solid according to the logarithmic scale which governs human perception. In order for all the colors to be spaced uniformly, it was found necessary to use a color wheel with five primary colors--red, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

The Munsell colors displayed are only approximate as they have been adjusted to fit into the sRGB gamut.


[edit] Shades of yellow

[edit] Mellow yellow

Mellow Yellow
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #F8DE7E
RGBB (r, g, b) (248, 222, 126)
HSV (h, s, v) (47°, 49%, 97[8]%)
Source Plochere
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color mellow yellow is displayed at right.

Mellow yellow was first used as a color name in English in 1948 when it was formulated as one of the colors on the Plochere color list.

The source of this color is the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.[9]

Mellow Yellow by Donovan, named after the song Mellow Yellow, was a popular album among the hippies during the summer of love in 1967.

[edit] Royal yellow

Chinese Emperor Xuande of the Ming Dynasty—reigned 1425 to 1435
Royal Yellow
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FADA5E
RGBB (r, g, b) (250, 218, 94)
HSV (h, s, v) (48°, 62%, 98[10]%)
Source ISCC NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color royal yellow.

The color royal yellow is a representation of the color of the robes worn by the Emperor of China.

The first recorded use of royal yellow as a color name in English was in 1548. Other names for this color are Chinese yellow and imperial yellow. [11]

The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Royal Yellow (color sample #83).


[edit] Lemon yellow

Main article: Lemon (color)
Two lemons, one whole and one sliced in half

Lemon or lemon yellow is a color somewhat resembling yellow and named after the fruit. The color lemon is a representation of the color of the outer skin of a lemon.

The first recorded use of lemon as a color name in English was in 1598.[12]

[edit] Gold (Golden)

Main article: Gold (color)
Gold (Golden)
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FFD700
RGBB (r, g, b) (255, 215, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (51°, 100%, 100%)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
A gold nugget

Gold, also called golden, is an orange-yellow color which is a representation of the color of the element gold.

The web color gold (also referred to as orange-yellow) is sometimes referred to as golden to distinguish it from the color metallic gold. The use of gold as a color term in traditional usage is more often applied to the color "metallic gold".

The first recorded use of golden as a color name in English was in the year 1300 to refer to the element gold and in 1423 to refer to blonde hair.[13]

[edit] Khaki

Main article: Khaki (color)
Khaki
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #C3B091
RGBB (r, g, b) (195, 176, 145)
HSV (h, s, v) (37°, 26%, 76%)
Source HTML/CSS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the HTML/CSS web color khaki.

This is the color called khaki in HTML/CSS.

The first recorded use of khaki as a color name in English was in 1848.[14]

[edit] Goldenrod

Main article: Goldenrod (color)
Goldenrods in rural Fountain County, Indiana.
Goldenrod
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #DAA520
RGBB (r, g, b) (218, 165, 32)
HSV (h, s, v) (43°, 85%, 85%)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the web color goldenrod.

The color goldenrod is a representation of the color of some of the deeper gold colored goldenrod flowers.

The first recorded use of goldenrod as a color name in English was in 1915.[15]

[edit] Olive

Main article: Olive (color)
Green olives
Olive
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #808000
RGBB (r, g, b) (128, 128, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (60°, 100%, 50%)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The web color olive is a dark shade of yellow typically seen on green olives. It can be formed by adding a small amount of black to yellow dye or paint. As a color word in the English language, it is unexpectedly old, appearing in late Middle English. Shaded green, it becomes olive drab.

Olive can also be referred to as dark yellow. That the color olive is a shade of yellow can readily be ascertained by inspecting its hex code—the red and green values are equal, with no blue value, signifying a shade of yellow.

[edit] References

  1. ^ W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords
  2. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #FFFFED (Light Yellow):
  3. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #FFFFED (Light Yellow):
  4. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191; Color Sample of Canary Yellow: Page 45 Plate 11 Color Sample L3
  5. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #FFD300 (Yellow (NCS)):
  6. ^ The sRGB values are taken by converting the NCS color 1080-R using the “NCS Navigator” tool at the NCS website.
  7. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #EFCC00 (Yellow (Munsell)):
  8. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #F8DE7E (Mellow Yellow):
  9. ^ Plochere Color System:
  10. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #FADA5E (Royal Yellow):
  11. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201 (See under Orpiment [a synonym of the color name Royal Yellow] ); color sample of Royal Yellow: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample K3
  12. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 197; Color Sample of Lemon: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample K3
  13. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195
  14. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 197; Color Sample of Khaki: Page 49 Plate 13 Color Sample J7
  15. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196; Color Sample of Goldenrod: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample L5
Shades of yellow
Amber Apricot Beige Buff Cream Dark goldenrod Ecru Gold Gold (metallic) Goldenrod
                   
Green-yellow Jasmine Jonquil Khaki Lemon chiffon Lime Lion Maize Mikado yellow Naples yellow
                   
Navajo white Olive Papaya whip Saffron School bus yellow Selective yellow Stil de grain yellow Sunglow Vanilla Yellow
                   
The samples shown above are only indicative.
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