Yellow

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Yellow
イエロー
Color coordinates
Hex#FFE800
RGB(255, 232, 0)
CMYK(0, 9, 100, 0)
CIELab*(90, -3, 90)
PantoneYellow U
Ink information
Brand
Series Standard
Product number(s)
GR/RPS-4391
Z-TypeS-4279

Yellow is one of the standard inks from —it is a bright process yellow, and is the most common form of yellow used in CMYK color setups.

Characteristics

As the other common yellow inks, SunflowerLight LimeFlat GoldBright Olive GreenSunflower, are very far from Yellow in hue, it operates in a unique place as far as color mixing goes—and can expand the gamut of most ink palettes.

However, straight yellow on its own is often too light to be read clearly (unless at very large sizes). Whereas most of the other ink above can be be used as legible spot colors.