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Color:
Indian yellow


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Colors with the same hue:
Golden brown
Antique Gold
Raw umber
Faded Brown
Harvest gold
Driftwood
Gamboge
Soft Orange
Dynamic
Bright Orange
Marigold
Camel
Desert
Fallow
Lion
Wood brown
Bright yellow 
Sunray
Butternut
Pebble
Pale gold
Topaz
Almond
Bisque
Flesh
Linen
Isabelline
Similar colors:
Sunray
Dynamic
Butternut
Rajah
Sandy brown
Fawn
Topaz
Lanzones
Peru
Dull Orange
Soft Gold
Sunny Gold
Bronze
Butterscotch
Neroli
Macaroni and Cheese
Pecan
Metallic gold
Faded Orange
Goldenrod
Maple
Pale gold
Raw Sienna
Whiskey
Oat
Curry
Driftwood
Dingy Orange
Marigold
Copper
Words evoked by this color:
squash,  butternut,  stilt,  tousled,  saharan,  suez,  baluchistan,  simoom,  panhandle,  nomadic,  uncharted,  baghdad,  wadi,  blanford,  arroyo,  jerboa,  bustard,  jackal,  mongoose,  dingo,  meerkat,  peanut,  addax,  sphenoid,  shore,  geographical,  seasoning,  pug,  doe,  mastiff,  deer,  fossa,  chihuahua,  saluki,  rajah,  suede,  cougar,  chukka,  lasso,  breeches,  stetson,  antelope,  tanner,  kauri,  freckle,  tanned,  rawhide,  corgi,  basset,  shepherd
Literary analysis:
In literature, Indian yellow is often invoked as a vivid, warm hue that enriches the color palette of artistic and poetic descriptions. Writers describe it not only as a primary pigment but also as a key component that, when mixed with blues or siennas, brings depth and a subtle luminosity to landscapes and figures. For instance, its use in creating a "dark autumnal tint of great richness" [1] highlights its capacity to evoke a sense of season and mood, while its mention alongside other colors in imaginative compositions—such as mixing with indigo, cochineal lake, and orange [2]—underscores its versatility. Additionally, the pigment is celebrated for its soft, golden, and luminous qualities, with descriptions noting that it resembles "a brilliant and somewhat opaque Indian yellow" [3], hinting both at its aesthetic allure and its storied origins from India [4].
  1. With Indian yellow it gives a dark autumnal tint of great richness, but stable only as respects the ochre.
    — from Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by George Field
  2. Will that orange where Indian yellow figures ever see old age, or that green with indigo, or purple with cochineal lake?
    — from Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by George Field
  3. Of a soft golden hue, lustrous and luminous, it resembles a brilliant and somewhat opaque Indian yellow.
    — from Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by George Field
  4. It comes from India under the name of purree or Indian yellow, and is used as a pigment.
    — from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Estremoz to Felspar Volume 4, Part 3 by Various

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