Calamansi The color
calamansi with hexadecimal color code is a light shade of yellow-green.
Chartreuse yellow {{infobox color The first recorded use of
chartreuse for the color that is now called
chartreuse yellow in American English was in 1892. In the book
Color Standards and Color Nomenclature (1912), "Chartreuse Yellow" is listed and illustrated.
Cyber yellow The color
cyber yellow is displayed at right. The source of this color is the "
Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color 14-0760 TPX—Cyber Yellow.
Gold (golden) {{infobox color
Gold, also called
golden, is a
yellow-
orange 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 uses of
golden as a color name in
English were in 1300 to refer to the element gold and in 1423 to refer to
blonde hair.
Green earth Displayed at right is the color
green earth. It is also known as
terre verte and
Verona green. It is an inorganic
pigment derived from the minerals
celadonite and
glauconite.
Greenish Yellow Displayed at right is the color
greenish yellow. It is the main color on the
Indian 20-rupee note.
Jonquil Jonquil is a hue of
yellow. It is the color of the interior of the central cylindrical tubular projection of the jonquil flower. The color takes its name from a species of plant,
Narcissus jonquilla, which has clusters of small fragrant yellow flowers, and is native to the
Mediterranean.
Lemon Lemon 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.
Mango A yellow-orange color that resembles mangoes. It is named after the fruit. It is currently unknown when
mango was first used as a color name in English.
Mellow yellow 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.
Donovan's album
Mellow Yellow, named after the song "
Mellow Yellow", was popular during the
Summer of Love in 1967.
Moccasin A brownish yellow, common of the leather shoe with the same name.
Orpiment {{infobox color
Orpiment, also known as ″yellow
arsenic blende″ is a deep-colored, orange-yellow arsenic sulfide mineral with formula As2S3. It is found in
volcanic fumaroles, low-temperature hydrothermal veins, and hot springs and may be formed through sublimation. Orpiment takes its name from the Latin auripigmentum (aurum, "gold" + pigmentum, "pigment"), due to its deep-yellow color. Orpiment once was widely used in
artworks, medicine, and other applications.
Pear {{infobox color
Pear is a
desaturated chartreuse yellow color that resembles the color of the exterior surface of Anjou or Bartlett
pears.
Royal yellow At right is displayed the color
royal yellow or
Stil de grain 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.
Safety yellow Safety yellow is one of the standard high-visibility safety colors defined by
ANSI standard
Z535, which specifies standards for safety and accident prevention information. It is often used on
hazard symbols,
warning signs,
guard rails, dangerous equipment, older American
civil defense sirens (typically from the 1950s and 1960s), and some
high-visibility clothing and
personal protective equipment. The definition is mirrored in
British Standard BS 381C and
Australian Standard AS2700 (where it is known as
golden yellow). In 1937, it was determined that safety yellow was the best color to be noticed by the human brain; as a result, the paint color of all
United States school buses was changed from orange to safety yellow (see also
school bus yellow).
Tartrazine The color
tartrazine is a vibrant, warm-toned shade of warm yellow.
Xander Xander is a dark yellow color that resembles the color
olive.
Xanthic The name of the color
xanthic is derived from
xantho (meaning yellow or golden), from the
Ancient Greek ξανθός and "ic" (meaning of or pertaining to), from the Latin adjectival suffix -icus. The color "xanthic" is the color of
Xanthine and
Xanthate, both of which are xanthic acids. ==See also==