RAL Classic — yellows (RAL 1000 series)

Thirty colours, RAL 1000 through 1037. The 1000 series is broader than its name suggests: besides the bright yellows it holds the beiges and off-whites, because the division follows the first digit of the code rather than everyday perception. RAL 1013 oyster white and RAL 1015 light ivory are yellows, however white they look.

Two very different uses sit side by side within the group. The saturated yellows are signal colours: RAL 1003 signal yellow, RAL 1021 colza yellow and RAL 1023 traffic yellow are prescribed in safety marking, transport and machine building. The muted shades — RAL 1000 green beige, RAL 1001 beige, RAL 1019 grey beige — are building colours for façades and window frames.

Yellow is a difficult colour to reproduce and to keep. Yellow pigments are more sensitive to UV than most others, so saturated yellow fades faster outdoors. When making good on existing yellow paintwork, measuring is therefore wiser than comparing against a fan deck: otherwise you are comparing with the colour as it was, not as it is now.

All 30 colours in this group

RAL 1000 — GroenbeigeView RAL 1000 →RAL 1001 — BeigeView RAL 1001 →RAL 1002 — ZandgeelView RAL 1002 →RAL 1003 — SignaalgeelView RAL 1003 →RAL 1004 — GoudgeelView RAL 1004 →RAL 1005 — HoninggeelView RAL 1005 →RAL 1006 — MaisgeelView RAL 1006 →RAL 1007 — NarcissengeelView RAL 1007 →RAL 1011 — BruinbeigeView RAL 1011 →RAL 1012 — CitroengeelView RAL 1012 →RAL 1013 — ParelwitView RAL 1013 →RAL 1014 — IvoorkleurigView RAL 1014 →RAL 1015 — Licht ivoorkleurigView RAL 1015 →RAL 1016 — ZwavelgeelView RAL 1016 →RAL 1017 — SaffraangeelView RAL 1017 →RAL 1018 — ZinkgeelView RAL 1018 →RAL 1019 — GrijsbeigeView RAL 1019 →RAL 1020 — OlijfgeelView RAL 1020 →RAL 1021 — KoolzaadgeelView RAL 1021 →RAL 1023 — VerkeersgeelView RAL 1023 →RAL 1024 — OkergeelView RAL 1024 →RAL 1026 — Lichtgevend geelView RAL 1026 →RAL 1027 — KerriegeelView RAL 1027 →RAL 1028 — MeloengeelView RAL 1028 →RAL 1032 — BremgeelView RAL 1032 →RAL 1033 — DahliageelView RAL 1033 →RAL 1034 — PastelgeelView RAL 1034 →RAL 1035 — ParelmoergrijsView RAL 1035 →RAL 1036 — ParelmoergoudView RAL 1036 →RAL 1037 — ZonnegeelView RAL 1037 →

More about yellows (RAL 1000 series)

The two pearlescent colours RAL 1035 pearl beige and RAL 1036 pearl gold also fall in this series. Like the metallics, these are effect colours whose appearance depends on viewing angle and application.

Loose colour samples from this group

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