Yellow to Orange Hues

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DDW offers many natural coloring alternatives to synthetic yellows. Examples of raw material sources serving as building blocks for food and beverage colors in the yellow to orange range include annatto seeds, saffron, turmeric root, Cochineal, carrots, wheat, corn, pepper, sugar cane and caramel color.

Yellow is a primary color, whereas orange is a secondary color between yellow and red. Yellow to orange hues are warm colors, and are colors often associated with the sun. On this page, we’ll look at the spectrum of color in the yellow to orange range.

You’ll notice that colors in the yellow to orange hue range can all vary by lightness, hue and chroma. Lightness describes the closeness of the color to black or white. The hue describes how the color of the object is perceived within a color family. The chroma describes the saturation of a color, or separation from grey.

Technical Tips

DDW is proud to offer customers the DDW Annatto Advantage. Our innovative annatto drying process minimizes oxidation, thereby reducing the risk of color fade.

Learn more about DDW’s Annatto Advantage.

Consumer demand for snacks, prepared meals and sandwiches has increased the market for process cheese over the last few years. Retail sales of process cheese now exceed $2.2 billion in the United States and process cheese accounts for 15 to 20 percent of the U.S. retail market for cheese overall.

In a finished process cheese product, annatto pigment content is typically 15 to 20 ppm.Technical Tip: Coloring Process Cheese Using Naturally Derived (Non-Synthetic) Ingredients

DDW offers natural Beta-carotene as a source for our yellow to orange hues, as a naturally derived alternative to synthetic beta-carotene. DDW beta-carotene is offered in the United States to color beverages, yogurt, ice cream, pudding, confectionery, bakery products, and condiments. DDW beta-carotene offers substantial advantages over the synthetic alternative.

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Natural Coloring in the Yellow to Orange Hue Range

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Educational Information about Yellow to Orange Natural Colors

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VIDEO: Yellow to Orange Natural Coloring

The following video was created by DDW to illustrate how naturally derived coloring is used to enhance the visual appeal of food and beverage applications in North America, South America, Central America and Europe by providing colors in the yellow to orange range of hues.

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New Color: Pumpkin Bisque

Pumpkin Bisque is a new color offered by DDW in 2012. Based on consumer color trend forecasts for food and beverage applications, Pumpkin Bisque is a more traditional orange hue than what we have seen in recent years. Pumpkin Bisque is a new hue that was launched during IFT 2012 and featured during the 2012 IFT Food Expo’s “Trend and Solution Tour” in the category of “Emerging Flavors and Colors.”

We forecast Pumpkin Bisque as a contemporary fruit and vegetable hue to assist new product developers. We can offer naturally derived formulations to achieve Pumpkin Bisque, depending on our customers’ specific food or beverage application.

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The Future of Yellow

In what direction is the yellow hue of the future headed? In the following episode of our “Expert Answers Series” we asked color expert Cindy Gapter of Dorn Color, Inc. to tell us her predictions for future trends in the color yellow.

At a recent color trend workshop, Cindy tells us that yellows had more green tones. “Yellow was more green-yellow. We actually made it a green and an orange, so we had a marigold color,” explained Gapter. There were also shades of green-yellow that were a little warmer than we’ve seen in previous years. The forecast yellow, Gapter says, “has less of a sharp edge to it [and] the green-yellow is warmer and more usable.” Read the full interview with Cindy Gapter.
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Our Science and Innovation team would be happy to help you find the ideal naturally derived hue for your application! Contact us today.