Shades & Tints Of Yellow Cheese

"Yellow Cheese", the hue, lies just to the Orange side of Yellow. It is associated with oils, fungi, dairy foods, fried foods, seeds and dung.

Today there is spectacular bright Cadmium Yellow Mid that is exactly the colour of Yellow Cheese. Other than that there are all the other yellow pigments both modern and old but they are not this precise hue.

Wheat Ear	Wheat Ear	Baked Custard
HSB 45°, 35%, 100% RGB 255, 233, 166
"Wheat Ear" is the colour of ...	This is the colour of wheat ears that are fully ripe and dry and ready for harvest.	The colour of "Baked Custard" of course varies with the recipe but this is a fairly typical version.

Yellow Cheese	Yellow Cheese	Potato Chips
HSB 50°, 100%, 100% RGB 255, 212, 0
"Yellow Cheese" is the colour of numerous foods especially fried. It is also the colour of Cadmium Yellow Mid. Importantly for artists it is usually the colour of Yellow flowers that are in the shade.	"Yellow Cheeses" are commercially produced large volume cheeses such as American Cheddar and American Swiss. The strong yellow colour of these cheeses may well be due to some food colouring, nevertheless they are instantly recognisable. Traditional Cheddars and Emmentals will be paler.	Potato Chips do vary in colour depending how long they fried for. This is the "golden" colour that is most usual.

Olive Oil	Olive Oil	Tequila Reposado
HSB 50°, 100%, 80% RGB 204, 170, 0
"Olive Oil" is the colour of various liquids with the light shining through them.	Olive Oils do vary in colour depending on how they are pressed and what olives are used, nevertheless they are mostly this colour. The colour must be seen with the light shining through, else it will appear to be a greener hue.	"Tequila" is a distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila. It comes in 5 grades, each of which has a different colour. This colour is Tequila Reposada only, which has been "rested" between 2 months and one year in oak barrels.

Cane Toad	Cane Toad	Toadskin Lichen
HSB 50°, 100%, 55% RGB 140, 116, 0
"Cane Toad" is the colour of ...	Cane Toad.	Toadskin Lichen.

Cow Dung	Cow Dung	Turtle Shell
HSB 50°, 100%, 28% RGB 71, 60, 0
"Cow Dung" is the colour of the dung of various herbivores.	I guess most of the world has had some experience of "Cow Dung". Naturally its colour varies according to what the ebast has been eating and how fresh it is. This colour is FRESH!	Turtle shells.