also: きんしじゃくいろ
canary yellow; daffodil yellow
A bright, light yellow color reminiscent of a canary bird. Used as a color name in fashion, design, and everyday description.
She was wearing a canary-yellow dress.
Painting the walls canary yellow made the room brighter.
Generic yellow; カナリア色 is a specific bright shade, often lighter and more vivid.
Lemon yellow is slightly greener and sharper; カナリア色 is warmer and softer.
Standard modern spelling using katakana for the loanword カナリア and kanji 色.
Ateji spelling using kanji for 'canary'; rarely used and mostly of historical or literary interest.
Compound of カナリア (canary, from English or Portuguese) and 色 (color). The kanji spelling 金糸雀 is ateji, likely chosen for its phonetic and semantic approximation.