![NCS S 1515-Y40R NCS S 1515-Y40R](/images/ncs-s-1515-y40r/thumbnail.webp)
NCS S 2005-Y40R
What color is NCS S 2005-Y40R?
It can be described as follows:
The first letter S stands for the standard color collection, which contains 1,950 colors that cover the entire color space.
The first four digits 2005 indicate the nuance of the color, which is determined by the proportion of blackness and chromaticness.
A lower number means less blackness and chromaticness, and a higher number means more.
In this case, 2005 means that the color has 20% blackness and 5% chromaticness.The last letter and number Y40R indicate the hue of the color, which is determined by the proportion of the four elementary colors: yellow (Y), red (R), blue (B), and green (G).
The letter shows the dominant hue, and the number shows the percentage of the secondary hue.
In this case, Y40R means that the color has a yellow hue with 40% red.
Example of the palette with the NCS S 2005-Y40R color
![Palette with colors: Onyx, Dark lava and Grullo Picture with primary colors of Onyx, Dark lava, Grullo, Davy grey and Cadet grey](/images/ncs-s-2005-y40r/close-up-of-a-robot.webp)
See these colors in NCS, PANTONE, RAL palettes...