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yellow
Facade colors whose dominant hue is yellow, including pale cream, darker gold, and predominantly yellow mixtures.
The category of yellow colors covers all shades whose dominant hue is closer to yellow than to any other basic color. It includes light and dark yellows of any brightness or saturation, as well as mixtures of yellows with other colors where the overall result is mainly yellow.
The family extends from pale cream to darker goldenrod. The yellow hue can remain dominant across different lightness levels.
Other colors can contribute to the shade while yellow remains the principal hue. A pure, untinted yellow is not required.
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More specific definitions
9 sub-definitions-
butter
A pale yellow facade color between yellow and white but darker than cream, represented by hex triplet FFFEAB. -
chartreuse
A strongly greenish-yellow facade color between yellow and lime green, represented by hex triplet C0FF00. -
citrine
A somewhat dark grayish-yellow facade color, more neutral than gold, represented by hex triplet E4D00A. -
cream
A very pale yellow facade color close to white but with visible yellow, represented by hex triplet FFFDD0. -
gold
A dark yellow facade color with or without metallic reflectivity, represented by the reference hex triplet FFD700. -
goldenrod
A very dark brownish or orangish yellow facade color, represented by the reference hex triplet DAA520. -
pear
A light greenish-yellow facade color that remains more yellow than green, represented by hex triplet DFFE00. -
vanilla
A pale brownish-yellow facade color between cream and beige, represented by hex triplet F3E5AB. -
yellow
A medium yellow facade color and one of the subtractive primary colors, represented by hex triplet FFFF00.
Related definitions
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black-gray-white
Colors with minimum chromaticity, ranging from black to white and including shades of gray. -
blue
Colors with a bluish hue, ranging from light blue to very dark navy or midnight blue. -
brown
Colors with a brownish hue, ranging from light beige to very dark taupe or chocolate shades. -
green
Colors with a greenish hue, ranging from light green or chartreuse to very dark olive or forest green. -
multicolor
A facade color combination of at least five different colors without one distinct overall tone. -
orange
Facade colors whose dominant hue is orange, including pale peach, dark orange, and predominantly orange mixtures. -
purple
Colors with a purplish hue, ranging from light lavender to very dark violet or indigo. -
red
Facade colors whose dominant hue is red, including pale, dark, bright, dull, and predominantly red mixtures.