Flowers are pink or white to slightly yellowish, sometimes reddish. From the cusp areoles arises a tuft of soft, yellowish or whitish woolly hairs. Browns are usually described as light or dark, reddish, yellowish, or gray-brown. Notable exceptions are reddish copper and yellowish gold. It develops a slightly yellowish or pinkish cast when oxidized by air. The bill is yellowish or pinkish. They are the predominant cells in pus, accounting for its whitish/yellowish appearance. The constituent zooids form a rigid tube, which may be pale pink, yellowish, or bluish. Their colors range from colorless and transparent to yellowish and pale brown. It is a faintly yellowish to light yellow crystalline substance. The base color is pale yellowish or buffy above and below. Adults were darker than the more paler and yellowish younger seals. Adults were darker than the paler and more yellowish younger seals. They begin to develop a yellow color and a creamy or yellowish belly. The wings are translucent with a yellowish tinge at their base.